[Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

[Erik Tkal]

I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000.  Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it.

Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies.  At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m.  At that point I switch bands to go listen to 20m.  But when I go back to 40m it is now set to AM since that’s where I happened to leave off my SWLing.

It would be nice if there were an additional “band" that isn’t necessarily tied to the amateur bands but is independent.  The FTdx3000 has a GEN band button for this purpose, so as to not interfere with the saved positions in the other bands.

Has this been suggested in the past?


  Thanks and 73,
  Erik Tkal  -  W1QED