[Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

[Walter Underwood]

I’m pretty sure I suggested it a long time ago. A GEN band would be really handy.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On May 27, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Erik Tkal <etksubs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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