Amen to that Don. As a non-contesting ham at this point, I've been following this conversation trying to understand the use of "stacking band memories". As I come from a programming background, I too thought the same way about the "stack" model (FIFO) and have been racking my brain trying to figure out how this would be beneficial.
I simply attributed it to my "newness" and lack of understanding. But now I feel a little better knowing someone else has the same perspective. Would someone who needs this capability, take a moment to explain its use to a neophyte? Right now, it seems intuitive to use as is, but then again, it is all I know and I'm sure that in the heat of the battle there may be a better way. 73, Dave W8FGU > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:elecraft- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:12 AM > To: Don Rasmussen > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band changing...Devils Advocate... > > Don, > > Do you really want band *stacking* memories? A stacking memory is > first-in, last out, so you have to drill down through the stack to get > the one you want. That seems likea much worse situation than the normal > band up/down switch which is a double ended stack. > > If you are referring to something different, then please do not call it > a stack - the definition of a memory stack has been quite clear since > the first days of microprocessors. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Don Rasmussen wrote: > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
