Ken You got me thinking. With my pair of K3’s and KPA500 and 1500 I can’t remember the last time I used a rig or amp to select a band. I usually use a logging or contesting program to click on a callout or type in a freq. N2TK, Tony
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Ken K6MR <k...@outlook.com> wrote: > > "They are a "bandaid" for the lack of band buttons on the K3." > > I've always considered "band buttons" on any radio to be the worst possible > use of front panel space I can think of. I always operate with a logging > program open, and it's far easier to just type in the frequency I want > without removing my hands from the keyboard. > > I think with the amplifier they just had so much front panel space available > that they just couldn't think of anything else to put there. In the years > I've had KPA500s and a KPA1500 I have yet to touch them. To each his own. > > Ken K6MR > > ________________________________ > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on > behalf of Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:18 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: [Elecraft] KPA 500 > > "It’s also worth mentioning that if the radio and the amp are hard wired > together, changing the band using the buttons on the front of the amp > automatically changes the band on the radio." > > It should be possible to disable the KPA 500 band buttons but it isn't. They > are a "bandaid" for the lack of band buttons on the K3. The best I could do > was set the KPA 500 back to TS-590 TX frequency in under 1 second if a KPA > 500 band button was accidentally pressed. > > 0:06:08.474 New KPA_band - ^BN03; > 0:06:08.590 Sending ^BN08; to KPA500 > 0:06:08.975 New KPA_band - ^BN08; > > > Andy, k3wyc > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k...@outlook.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to tony....@verizon.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
