How about sticking one of these up on your wall: http://www.arrl.org/graphical-frequency-allocations
It will help you get familiar with where the band edges are, and before you know it, knowing when you are in-band will become second nature. 73, Matt VK2RQ On 21/08/2013, at 4:30 AM, "Terry Schieler" <w...@swbell.net> wrote: > My needs are much simpler than those involving international frequency > tables, license classes, memory locations, etc. I haven't thought this > through thoroughly so I don't know all the ramifications. I'll leave that > all to someone smarter than me. > > I know that I am quite embarrassed to be told that I have just transmitted > outside the legal US band (usually involves DX pounces) and would like to be > reminded if my inattention causes me to do that. I see *self enforcement* > here. > > I could envision a "Band Marker" that could be set by the K3 user personally. > Tune the VFO to the band (or sub band) edge you'd like to be notified of. > Say 14.000. In the menu you find "Band Marker". Select that option and the > software creates a tone (beep if you will) on 14.000. If you wanted to be > alerted that you are passing the high end of the 20M band, simply set your > VFO to 14.350, and, in the menu, select "Band Marker". BEEP created. Same > process to mark the CW, RTTY, etc sub-band if that's your desire. > > The K3 owner could be free to opt for doing this or not, as well as for which > bands, license privileges or mode sub-bands he wished. Nothing forced. All > on the operator (and sw guys like Lyle, of course). No software tables, band > lists per country or license classes involved. Nothing to force a transmitter > shut down. It would simply be an *operator assigned* aid for the > *convenience* of the individual operator. > > Of course, this would not help direct frequency entry band errors, instant > spots, etc. Just thinking through my keyboard. ;o) > > Thoughts? Someone will probably tell me that this already exists in the K3. > ;o) > > Terry, W0FM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Art Bross [mailto:acbr...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:58 AM > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Out of band xmit > > Good idea Buddy. I originally put band edges for each band into the first 10 > memory channels, VFO a for lower edge and VFO b for upper edge. But this does > take up multiple memories. I'm going to switch those to the 4 Quick Memories > per band section to save space. (had to find them first in the memory editor > - change view.) Thanks for making it a learning day. > > Art > > KC7GF > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
