Larry, I guess it depends on how you operate. I'm also a DX/Contester (mostly the latter) and I never found the alt I/II useful for my style of operating either.
I have the BW pre-set along with the frequency in the number keypad (which I use as my "bandswitch"). When I'm on CW, I is equal to 600hz and II = 400 hz. Those two work for me 99% of the time. Of course, I do like to hear what is going on around me too, so I rarely use narrower settings. Since I don't really twiddle the BW settings, I don't need/use this feature. So who uses it? Apparently some guys twiddle the BW a lot and have (for lack of a better word) "complained" on the reflector about "getting lost" in terms of where am I" and also with respect to which way to turn the DSP knob after they have twiddled it. By utilizing alt I/II (or whatever it is now renamed), it "gets them back to home base" instead of back to the BW "last used." Since I just use the "stock" I/II settings which I first set up and since I don't twiddle the BW much (if at all), it does not matter for me (and maybe not for you either). As they say, YMMV de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ 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
