[Elecraft] KX3 Software Request

[Larry D. Warner]

I just got my license in December and am learning.  Part of my learning
process is to change things on the KX3 and see  how it responds or what is
better/worse than before the change.  Sometimes I get lost in a menu or
forget what the prior setting was.

I grew up in the electronic test equipment world working for Fluke 30 years
in sales.  Many of the instruments we sold had memory that stored all the
current settings of the instrument.  Useful for rapidly going to a new setup
or getting back to where you started if you didn't remember how you got
there.

I want the KX3 to have this feature.  I would use it and maybe other
newbies.  It would sure make operation easier.

Not sure I will be a serious operator while portable.  Right now I'm just
having fun learning about what I can do and what is going on in the world of
amateur radio.  I don't know code yet and my not learn it.  Computer
operation seems fun but then one needs a computer along all the time.

Regards,

Larry
KG7ZSB

You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will
never be able to repay you.
            -- John Wooden

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donwilh at embarqmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:27 PM
To: Larry D. Warner <larrydwarner at gmail.com>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Software Request

Larry,

I don't know what "configurations" you may need, but for the most part, once
set up there is little need to go into the menu and make changes.
Several menu settings are per mode and others are per band.  All those are
remembered internally and there is no need for a computer to change them -
just operate.

If you are doing 'serious operating' while portable, such as contesting,
then in all likelihood you would have a computer running in conjunction with
the radio.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/7/2016 5:17 PM, Larry D. Warner wrote:
> Don,
>
> This is better than nothing but I don't always have my computer with 
> me when in portable operation.  I would prefer the configurations be 
> stored internally so I can recall them from the front panel.  Just 
> like I can now do with frequency storage memory.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
> KG7ZSB
>
> You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who 
> will never be able to repay you.
>              -- John Wooden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donwilh at embarqmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 6:37 PM
> To: Larry D. Warner <larrydwarner at gmail.com>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Software Request
>
> Larry,
>
> The 'setup' for SSB, Data modes, CW, AM and FM are already remembered 
> by the KX3.  In addition, you can use KX3 Utility to Save the KX3 
> Configuration to your computer.  In case you mess up the settings and 
> cannot easily recover,
> KX3 Utility will restore your configuration easily.
>
> Bottom line, I think what you are requesting is already included, but 
> in a slightly different manner than what you envision.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 9/5/2016 9:21 PM, Larry D. Warner wrote:
>> Not sure if anyone else wants this but I will ask.  There are many 
>> settings in the KX3 and sometimes I get one wrong then can't figure 
>> out what it should be or maybe even can't figure out what I set 
>> improperly.  It would be really great if I could save every setting 
>> in the KX3 as a setup file in the KX3.  It would be even nicer if I 
>> could save multiple setups.  I could have one for my favorite PSK31 
>> setup and another for SSB operation.  Each setup would store all the 
>> settings in the KX3 so when I recall it I don't need to set anything 
>> else.  As a new HAM I already have a lot to remember and this would 
>> help
> me with my memory overload.
>>
>
>