Have you never turned on VOX when you meant to change bands? Or set up VFO A and
B to split frequencies and then accidentally (and unknowingly) written A to B
when you tried to turn on Split? Your Split indicator gives you comfort but
you're still transmitting on the DX. Probably half the, "He's split you moron"
comments in pileups are directed at K3 owners. And don't even get me started
about memory management.
So I bought a KPod. I'll spare you the agony of reading about the tribulations
I had with that. It took me making a video clip of the malfunction to convince
Elecraft that the issue I was seeing was real. Fixed with new firmware in the
K3S not the KPod. Nevertheless it's a promise unfulfilled. It's simply a
trigger for macros you have to write and save in the limited space for macros in
the radio. The KPod doesn't save anything.
The other aftermarket keypad solution requires that you own a P3.
I don't mind things infrequently accessed being buried in menus. But how about a
knob to change bands? We have a couple of knobs for fine frequency adjustment,
why not one for coarse adjustment?
Wes N7WS
On 9/26/2017 11:29 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
I don't understand the need for all that menu access in the first place for
normal operating. I've literally operated complete major contests (CQWW, ARRL
DX, etc) without ever changing anything in the menu, and that covers dramatic
changes in operating conditions (propagation, QRN, QRM, etc). Yes, I played
around with many of the settings when I first got my K3, but once I settled on
what I felt were the optimum settings for the majority of my operations I
haven't touched them since. Everything I need to change on the fly is already
right there on the front panel.
The fact that there are lots of deep options doesn't mean it makes sense to
have to constantly diddle with them.
Dave AB7E
On 9/26/2017 5:49 PM, Emory Schley wrote:
Ron, AC7AC, wrote, under another subject heading: "I'm not bothered by
choosing between a dozen switches but sorting through half a dozen menu items
to change one gives me a headache."
That pretty much sums up my attitude as well, and I've heard other hams–
MANY other hams– complain about menus, but I don't recall ever hearing
anyone complain about excess knobs, buttons, dials, etc. Reading Ron's
thoughts made me wonder out loud, why can't Elecraft or some third party make
a "magic box" that would be completely impotent by itself, but with the
capability to mate up to one of these small miniaturized wonders like the KX2
or KX3, and which would contain oodles of manual controls for virtually every
function the parent rig is capable of providing?
This would NOT impact the normal functioning of the parent rig, but would
act as an accessory for those who eschew menus and such, and who like their
rigs bigger, bulkier and in more traditional formats. I envision a box of
switches, buttons, knobs, perhaps even gauges that would be cable-fed (or
wi-fied) from the little parent rig sitting behind the magic box. Its size
would be whatever was necessary to accommodate the design and would resemble
a normal-sized base station. You could conceivably have a separate control
for each function the parent rig provides, or if logic dictated, then several
controls might be multi-purpose.
Then an op could have the best of both worlds. He/she could use his/her
KX2/KX3 as a portable rig in the normal way, but when returned to the home
station, it could be plugged back into the magic box to power it in a more
expansive and convenient manner.
Elecraft seems to always be on the lookout for new products. Here's one
they might be able to put on the market, up and running, quickly because most
of the engineering has already been worked out for the parent rig.
Emory Schley
N4LP
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