[Elecraft] GCBAD [K3, P3]

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2015-03-15 9:28 AM, Ian White wrote:
> It really does seem perverse... and you probably know what I'm going
> to say next ;-) The only reason why anyone might want to adopt such
> a poor, counterproductive strategy is to avoid being caught out by
> the K3's dysfunctional SPLIT control.

*Don't go there again!*  There is nothing dysfunctional about the K3's
SPLIT control.  It does exactly what it is designed to do - move
transmit to the current setting of VFO B.  If you want Quick Split,
create a macro.

Would it have been better if the K3 used a 16 button control pad vs.
the 12 button pad?  Sure.  That would have allowed four buttons for VFO
control/selection: A/B, REV, A->B (B->A on hold), Split (Quick Split
on hold).  It would also have provided three buttons to directly select
mode - SSB, CW, DATA with "reverse" or DATA MD on hold - or be used for
six additional macros.  However, instead of the extra buttons we have a
K3 that is 16 mm narrower than it would have been.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV