[Elecraft] K3 Preparations for Field Day

[George Allison]

My club uses K3s for the CW and phone stations, and we’ve found that adding a 24 or 48 button Genovation keypad makes it really simple for new operators to control the rig. One button on the keypad for each band can set the mode, filters, power level, panadapter bandwidth, and initial frequency. Other buttons can control antenna tuning, voice and CW memories, filters snd diversity on/off. The only controls on the rig that operators have to touch are the volume, RF gain, and VFO, and if rig settings get messed up, a single button on the keypad restores the rig. Details on setting up the keypad for the K3 are on the NK7Z website here <https://www.nk7z.net/adding-external-keypad-k3/>.

73,
George, K1IG