I would be quick to admit to a recent couple of most embarrassing UP UP situations, one of which involved my callsign. I tried to discover why I am suddenly doing this when, as someone who takes pride in his operating skills, I tend to be careful.
Two things became evident very quickly: (1) In a pile-up, my focus was on the P3 display as I scooted around looking for holes in which to place my signal. My focus was off the K3 and any displayed cues that might have kept me from transmitting somewhere other than where I had intended as the result of incorrect set-up of the radio. That situation is not going to go away here. In my station, the P3 is the equivalent to texting while driving. (2) My right hand stayed on the paddles. My left hand adjusted the VFO B knob on the K3. By so doing, I obscured all of the important information available to me on the K3 display and it wouldn't have been visible even if I had looked. I can do something about that. I think we need some sort of K3 TX status indicator on the P3 display to accommodate the distraction caused by adding the P3 to our stations. I would propose some sort of indication driven off the Delta(f) light under the K3 Power switch and intended to be consistent with the use of the same feature on the K3 which, to me at least, periodically reminds me that the SPLIT configuration is being used here in the station today (this is not a contest) and I should be more careful when keying up since I am no longer simplex. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shel Radin KF0UR Sent: March 17, 2011 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! I, too, have run into this. After getting a DX QSO running Split, I sometimes leave the radio, jump for joy, come back later or the next day, and forget I'm in Split. I have also done the opposite, where I hit something and get out of Split and not realize it. I'm embarrassed when the the Up Up Up folks let me know. I know I can/should just look at the K3 and the SPLT indicator, but I'm often focused on other things. Besides, I don't think about looking at it cause I ** know** I'm in the right mode! :-) I'm a visual guy. What I thought would be a good solution for me would be a SPLIT indicator on the P3 (configureable on/off, of course). Something big, red, and bold. Something that will catch your eye and you're not likely to miss. Like the word SPLIT or Non-SPLIT, or something along those lines. Meanwhile, apologies to the Up Up Up folks. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/I-did-it-again-tp6171709p6181825.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
