Hmmmm. I've been trying to figure out the best way of using the band switching on modern radios. In my use, it is an impediment to using different modes. Most of the time, when I switch to the 20 meter band, I arrive set up for the PSK sub-band. If I want to use CW or SSB, I have to make a bunch of changes to things like mode, filter bandwidth, frequency etc. etc. If I had been doing CW or SSB the last time I used 20 meters, I have to change them all back.
Now memories let me do most of what I need, but I still haven't figured out how to organize memories for both specific things like repeater frequencies and CTCSS or net frequencies, as well as band switching in a way that I can figure out which memory holds what I want. I think if I had an array of band buttons, I would want them subservient to the current mode, so I could easily jump from 20M PSK to 40M PSK. I would also want separate modes for RTTY and each of the other digital modes. If I did much AM, I would want to separate AM and SSB. All of this is quite doable with radio firmware. There is a significant question of whether I would really like a radio that works as I described, or if I would want yet more changes. :-0 If I install the internal 2M transverter, do I get a new front panel button? What about external transverters? New FCC authorized bands? :-) More seriously, I see a possible K4 as a radical change from the K3. If we could get AtoD converters with 140+ dB dynamic range and 100 mega-samples/second, we might see a very interesting radio. If we had narrow-band VHF roofing filters, we might see an up-converting radio instead of the K3 "middle" conversion radio. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 4/28/12 at 8:37, k2vco....@gmail.com (Vic K2VCO) wrote: >I am not sure how Wayne will do it, but the market wants dedicated band >buttons. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 ______________________________________________________________ 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
