[Elecraft] Feature request: OFS Knob as frequency fast up/dn

[Bill Frantz]

I use it more like Don does, as a somewhat channelized tuning 
knob. When I want to go fast, I sometimes change modes to get a 
faster skew.

What I would like in this are is to have the K3 adopt the KX3's 
behavior of zeroing the low order digits of the frequency. 
Enough radios make it easy to transmit on these frequencies that 
it is useful to easily tune them.

I would not object to being able to select coarser steps, 
although I probably wouldn't use them myself.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/17/15 at 4:56 AM, wes at triconet.org (Wes (N7WS)) wrote:

>Like Peter I was accustomed to this feature in my Kenwood 
>TS-870.  The Elecraft implementation is OK, but I prefer the 5 
>KHz steps.  To me this is a course, "get to the other end of 
>the band segment in a hurry" control. Two and one-half KHz just 
>seems weird to me, as does the different rate for different modes.
>
>
>On 11/16/2015 6:52 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>>Peter,
>>
>>Yes, 2.5kHz is the upper limit, but for SSB I use 0.5 kHz 
>>because SSB stations are usually on 1 kHz boundaries although 
>>0.5 boundaries are possible.  For CW I use 0.1 kHz.  2.5kHz is 
>>typical for FM stations, but too wide for SSB or CW.  To me, 
>>it is just a quick way of scanning through the band.  If your 
>>expectations are more than that, then submit your request for 
>>an additional firmware upgrade.
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