On 2015-03-15 9:28 AM, Ian White wrote:
It really does seem perverse... and you probably know what I'm going to say next ;-) The only reason why anyone might want to adopt such a poor, counterproductive strategy is to avoid being caught out by the K3's dysfunctional SPLIT control.
*Don't go there again!* There is nothing dysfunctional about the K3's SPLIT control. It does exactly what it is designed to do - move transmit to the current setting of VFO B. If you want Quick Split, create a macro. Would it have been better if the K3 used a 16 button control pad vs. the 12 button pad? Sure. That would have allowed four buttons for VFO control/selection: A/B, REV, A->B (B->A on hold), Split (Quick Split on hold). It would also have provided three buttons to directly select mode - SSB, CW, DATA with "reverse" or DATA MD on hold - or be used for six additional macros. However, instead of the extra buttons we have a K3 that is 16 mm narrower than it would have been. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ 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]
