[Elecraft] New product idea for Elecraft...?

[Bill Frantz]

Dave, W7AQK is absolutely right. Many of my early problems with 
the K3 came from pushing a button without looking at the radio.

It also helps to learn what each of the items displayed on the 
panel means, even the ones you don't think you need to know 
about. You may have accidentally changed one an shot yourself in 
the foot.

My last serious case of transmit on the DX frequency came 
because my P3/SVGA display for the 2nd VFO looked red, even 
though I wasn't in split. The P3 colors were much clearer, but I 
didn't look at the P3. Another ham called me on the telephone to 
inform me of the error of my ways. (Thanks!) Now I check the 
delta-F light and the SVGA.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 9/28/17 at 10:16 AM, w7aqk at cox.net (dyarnes) wrote:

>However, if you reach for a knob or a button on any of these 
>rigs, you better be paying attention!  I think most operator 
>errors are due to just that, and not to design issues.  If 
>something on your K3 doesn’t sound or act right, take a good, 
>hard look at your display and panel indicators.  The answer is 
>probably right there in front of you!  How many times have we 
>seen a response like ‘Are you on antenna 1 or antenna 2?”

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