I agree with Jim ..... A fast tuning rate on AM is not necessarily good.
What is good is to be able to vary the rate to fit what the user likes .....
Like the FT-817 and IC-746.
And, Jim, being a live OF beats the heck out of the alternative!
72 73 Hank K8DD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Woolley (E.L)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 AM feature request
Well, at least one reason is that some SW stations still insist on using
frequencies other than precisely on the 0 or 5 kHz marks. Also, a slower
tuning rate makes it easier to "offset" the tuning to one side a bit to
help duck interference. This is the "we don't need no stinkin' rules"
syndrome.
SW listening and AM ham radio operation are the reasons that I insist on
having full AM capability in any HF ham receiver/transmitter/transceiver
before I will purchase it. Also, all too many of them recently have,
unfortunately, bought into the idea that AM "must" have a faster tuning
rate than other modes. Not necessarily a good idea, at least as far as I
am concerned. But then, perhaps I just an OF. Selectable tuning rates
for _all_ modes, including the very slowest to the very fastest are the
way to go.
- Jim, KL7CC
David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
Short wave broadcast stations are channelised with 5kHz channels; why
would 1kHz steps be useful?
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