I"ve always wished for a 'ballistic' interface, i.e. the faster you turn the VFO knob the larger the frequency change per turn. On the other hand, I've suffered poor implementations of that feature (uBitX, anyone?), so it would need to be done carefully, if at all. ICOM seems to have managed to come up with what I feel is a good implementation. I used it for years on my old IC-735 (that I sold to partially fund my upgrade to a K3), and now on my IC-7000 that I still use mobile. One of the things I immediately missed on the K3 was lack of a ballistic VFO interface, and lack of band-stacking registers.
I guess that Elecraft has had some edict(?) that they don't like ballistic VFO interfaces, so I guess we will all have to live with a fixed tuning rate. Maybe there is a patent thicket that prevents implementing some of the more popular features on competitive radios? Have said all that, I really like using the RIT knob to move large chunks of frequency quickly. For me it's a lot easier than pushing the rate button to shift the tuning rate on the VFO back and forth. And I became recently aware that there is a solution for the band-stacking registers on the K3/K3s, using a special mode for the keypad memory register recall. I haven't tried it yet, but it is now on my to-do list. On my original K3, I did get the upgraded CNC milled knobs (both A and B) from a 3rd party, and really liked them. I've since gone to a K3s, and let the upgraded knobs go to a friend when he bought my old K3. So far, I've not felt like I need to upgrade the knobs on the K3s. They seem more substantial, somehow. Yes, the knobs on the KX2 are light and small, but somehow it seems apropos for the design. 73, -- Dave, N8SBE 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]
