I agree Bill, it's a real nuisance. Maybe Wayne can tack this onto his main bill as a rider. It's a real life, almost-every-day irritant. No amount of additional split warning will help, it's still too many button pushes, and inconsistent behavior by mode.
73, Mike NF4L > On Mar 3, 2015, at 22:06, Bill Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, I’ll tell you what often messes me up. > > One of the aggravating things about the K3 is that you cannot move freely > between modes if split is engaged. You can change from CW to SSB or vice > versa, but if you are in Data mode, or if you are trying to switch to Data > mode, it won’t go until you turn off split. > > I generally tune in a station with VFO A, then hit A>B (twice) and move B to > the correct DX receive frequency. If split is on, everything is good. If, for > some reason, I had split on, but then turned it off so I could change modes, > I sometimes forget to turn it back on. > > I hate this. I wish I could just select whatever mode in VFO A I want, > regardless of split — the firmware should prevent me from transmitting in > unsupported configurations, of course, with an appropriate message in the VFO > B display. > > If this could be fixed, it would help prevent me from making this mistake. > > (Yeah, I know, can I not see the bright yellow delta-F light? You’d think > so….) > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [email protected] > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
