G'day, I've always thought of it as the next band UP or the next band DOWN determined by frequency, so the current legend is perfectly correct in that context. Just one of those conventions I guess, suits me.
Regards, Mike VP8NO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Alsop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band button | Don , | | I agree we think in bands. That's why the band button arrows ought to | do the right thing. | | Here is the situation now: | I want to go from 20 to 10 meters. I have to press the DOWN button to | go from 10 -->20. Doesn't makes sense by any thought process. | Last I knew they still teach counting UP as 0, 1, 2, 3 ....10.... 20. | | The DOWN arrow changes FREQUENCY down. That's why frequency is the | right label. | | Sure it is a nit. However, more than half the time I end up going the | wrong direction because I think in bands and conventional count | directions.. | | 73 de Brian/K3KO | | | | Don Wilhelm wrote: | | > Your lexicon must be quite different than mine. In my 54 years of | > association with ham radio, we have had Amateur "Bands". Why would | > one want to label the device that changes between these bands as a | > "frequency" switch? The VFO changes frequency, the band switch | > changes bands. | > | > You are free to re-label yours -- just don't do the same to mine. | > | > 73, | > Don W3FPR | > | > K3KO wrote: | > | >> This isn't just the K3. Other radios have the same problem. It | >> seems to be | >> a mistake that persisted through the years. | >> | >> The button marked "band" with up and down arrows really is frequency. | >> | >> You push the up arrow and the band goes down. Press down arrow and band | >> goes up. | >> | >> It would be nice to have this fixed in the K3. No hope for other | >> radios. | >> | >> Right now I have a white sticky label with freq on it pasted over the | >> band | >> marking. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
