Windy K5MQ wrote: > I took the advice of one of our loyal contributors as I have copied > below. Works wonderfully for me. Ah! That's what I was looking for. I need a way to get to each band without scrolling through all the bands because 1) it's quicker when contesting, and 2) I have a software-driven antenna switching and tuning system that follows the rig frequency. When scrolling through bands on the K3, it unnecessarily throws switches and sends tuning commands to my 3-stack of 4-el SteppIRs, Acom amp, etc. Also, I didn't like having 60m included in the order (had to patch my software to ignore that band...)
The keypad memory trick solves the problem nicely. Personally, I find it more intuitive to load the keypad memories in the same layout as most modern amateur rigs: 160/80/40, 30/20/17, 15/12/10. I know that order by heart. In fact, the labels on all modern rigs are so small and my eyes are getting so old that I don't bother to read the keys anymore -- I know which band is which by the relative positions of the keys. Glad I didn't shoot my mouth off. Thanks for the tip, Windy. I have another questions about band changes, which I'll post separately. 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
