Good approach, Ian. In addition, reserve a half hour or more before the contest for some direct instruction and hands-on fiddling. Take questions, warn against messing with Mother Nature, create some new disciples. I did this for several FDs back in the early days of K3.
73, /Rick N6XI On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM Ian Kahn <nv4c....@gmail.com> wrote: > When I loaned my K3 to my club for Field Day (and I did this for several > years) I created a custom config just for Field Day. It had a number of > custom settings, like equalizer set-ups for contesting, allowed bands, etc. > Everything else that I didn't want anyone changing was locked out in the > config. That way, nobody could break anything. And, if they did, I had the > K3 utility and a copy of the config file on the laptop we were using, so it > took all of 2 minutes to restore and be back in business. > > Hope this helps. Have a great Field Day! > > 73 de, > > Ian, NV4C > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Virus-free.www.avast.com > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM <beme...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > We are getting ready for Field Day and once again all stations will be > > Elecraft K3 or K3s. That is the GREAT NEWS! Also GREAT NEWS is that our > > club has many new members since last year. However, not so great news is > > that most have never used a K3. Yes, we will try to have a second op sit > > with them, but we will have 5 stations and not sure that will always be > > possible. > > > > > > > > So - has anyone put together a simple "only touch these knobs or buttons" > > instruction list for Field Day? > > > > > > > > I already checked out the Quick Start Guide on page 4 - 6 in the K3 > Owners > > Manual, but even that goes into lots of detail. If you just got a K3 or > > K3s > > it is perfect. However, if you are only going to be operating for 1 or 2 > > hours at FD it might take you that long to find what you are looking for. > > By then the new person might have touched, turned, pushed and pulled > enough > > controls so that the most experienced K3 user would have trouble getting > > back to normal. > > > > > > > > HELP !!! > > > > > > > > 73, > > > > Bruce N1LN > > > > President - Orange County Radio Amateurs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to nv4c....@gmail.com > > > > > -- > Ian Kahn, NV4C > Roswell, GA EM74ua > nv4c....@gmail.com > 10-10 #74624 North Georgia Chapter #2038 > PODXS 070 #1962 > K3 #281, P3 #688 KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
