Great Ideas! May I suggest, in the name of ‘feature creep’, a suggestion? So, have the K3 or K3s dial up your cell phone where you can program specialty ring tones for all sorts of “mission critical” events. This will surely get our attention while in the heat of battle for another 59 contact. Or not!
James Forsman - K7BIE [email protected] https://jrquark.smugmug.com/HamRadio > On Apr 5, 2019, at 1:44 PM, Buddy Brannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > The more audio alerts, the better, in my always humble opinion :-) > > > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: (814) 431-0962 > > > >> On Apr 5, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Drew AF2Z <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have also thought that an audible SWR indicator would be very useful but >> never bothered to mention it as most would probably consider it to be a >> little too gimmicky. But it would be quite handy for me when I'm using an >> external match box-- when I lean across the desk to adjust it I can no >> longer easily see the little SWR meter indicator in the K3 display. >> >> I'd suggest a "geiger counter" type audible indicator: a fast beep for SWR >> values greter than 3:1 and progressively slower as you zero in on 1:1. >> >> 73, >> Drew >> AF2Z >> >> >> >> On 04/05/19 08:53, Jim - N4ST wrote: >>> Something I would like to see is an audio alert, beep, CW message if the >>> SWR is over 3:1. >>> When operating digital modes, I'm often looking at the computer screen and >>> not the rig. >>> Hate when I'm out of sync with my band and the proper antenna. 😉 >>> _____________ >>> 73, >>> Jim - N4ST >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> On Behalf Of Kidder, George >>> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 20:20 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Elecraft] Suggested enhancements for K3 >>> Two suggestions which can probably be added in firmware for K3 and K3s: >>> 1) Allow different audio levels for speaker and phones, such as an >>> attenuation applicable to either. >>> 2) Allow (but not require) the monitor level to be controlled along with >>> the receiver levels. >>> If either is already available for the K3, someone please let me know! >>> 73 - George, W3HBM >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
