If you're into 6 meter SSB, you may want to take advantage of the 
semi-channelezation that occurs in this band segment. While operators generally 
start at 50.125, they quickly spread up the band in 5 kHz increments when 
there's a lot of activity, like today.

The K3 and K3S can hop among a group of channels (frequency memories) on 6 
meters, either manually (by rotating the VFO) or automatically (by starting a 
scan). The setup procedure is described in the owner's manual.

On my K3S I set up 5 frequency memories: 50.125, .130, .135, .140, and .145. In 
order to use these with channel hopping, they have to be in a group of 
contiguous memories (I used 50-54), and each one in the group has to have a 
label with an asterisk (*) in the first character position. You can set these 
up at the radio itself or using the K3 Frequency Memory Editor.

Once the memories are set up, you can start channel-hop scanning as follows:

1. Do M->V (memory recall), selecting memory #50 with VFO, then tap M->V again. 
VFO A will can now be used to do manual hopping among the channels.

2. Hold SCAN to start scanning among the 5 channels. The receiver will stay 
muted during the scan until signals are present.

3. Optionally hold SCAN for > 3 seconds, starting a "Live" scan. In this case 
the receiver remains unmuted and scanning will continue until you tap any 
switch or rotate the VFO.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



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