Hi all, especially the K3 Product Management folks: I now have some time behind the combination K3-P3, It is a wonderful combination. Like fishing with a fishfinder! Now my neighbor has definitive proof in writing (a screen snapshot) that he is indeed 6.5kHz wide when he cranks up that Macho Bass to impress his buddies on 14.250 :) The P3 is a wonderful addition to my station's capability, however, there is one ergonomic detail that drives me absolutely bonkers! I wonder if something can be done about it, as I may not be the only one with this issue. SPAN is equivalent to WIDTH to me. On K3, turning the WIDTH knob to the left (counter colockwise) makes the width of the bandpass NARROWER (smaller). Turning the knob to the right (clockwise) makes the bandpass WIDER. I have always loved how this works in this radio, it is logical and intuitive to me, from my background in video... Video Production Switchers (Vision Mixers for the Brits among us) Key Clip controls work this way, and my feeble mind is used to this convention after many years of mental conditioning. Equipment with similar controls (namely Yaesu rigs) are backwards to me. Having said that, on the P3, selecting SPAN and turning the knob to the left (counter clockwise) makes the span NARROWER, and turning it to the right (Clockwise) makes the span WIDER! Yes, I know... The VISUAL FEEDBACK from the K3 control matches the screen of the P3, which is good, but the INTENT of the action on the P3 SPAN control does not! The WIDTH of the marker WIDENS when you turn the knob counterclockwise, but the actual EFFECT of the action you are performing is BACKWARDS from the visual feedback, and also backwards from the K3 control that does the same thing! Its like on a sailboat... Deflecting the rudder tiller AWAY from you turns the nose of the boat in the OPPOSITE direction from the tiller deflection. The chosen behavior of these controls and how they interact with the action and visual feedback is just absolutely counter intuitive to me... Any hope that this can be made a user selectable behavior so we can all have our cake and eat it too? Thanks for considering this request. -lu-w4lt- K3# 3192/P3 # 1301 ______________________________________________________________ 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
