I brought up the band changing issue early on with the guys, not because I just had to have it, but because it seemed that every transceiver these days that's big enough to have them, does.
The thing that I find disconcerting is that even though many of the buttons on the K3 are fully occupied with multiple TAP and HOLD functions, there are (5) that I will never ever use in their TAP -or- HOLD capacity - those being M1, M2, M3, M4, and REC. These could clearly be drafted into service as band stacking registers (on first press), yet they just stay there hogging up space on my front panel. I proposed a CONFIG option that would allow the MESSAGE keys to be used either as DVK on first press as originally fitted, but also could be used as bandstack keys if the user preferred that as a first press function over the DVK. A minimum of 5 band stack keys are waiting there for use, 10 if you include HOLD. But I'll not malign the K3 for missing what was on the 756Pro and the OMNI VI+, because once I find a frequency with the K3 it's a more enjoyable place to be. [Elecraft] K3 Band changing... ab2tc ab2tc at arrl.net Thu May 29 17:35:19 EDT 2008 Previous message: [Elecraft] K3 Band changing... Next message: [Elecraft] K3 Band changing... Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are indeed spoiled. If Elecraft could just fix the disappearing of ham bands on the BAND button when tuning to a non-ham-band frequency, I would be happy as punch. Not all radios have a dedicated button for each band (at least 11), which is really a waste of panel space. I have been happy band-switching (up/down buttons) with my IC-718 for years, but it doesn't have the Elecraft disappearance quirk. Knut - AB2TC _______________________________________________ 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
