Don, I used to have band stacking on my old Yaesu, and now on the K3 I have programmed the M buttons to select 3 frequencies in each band. You are correct w.r.t. the number of button presses: The K3 always needs two, while band stacking requires anything from one to three (if limited to a "stack depth" of 3), which makes two on the average. On the other hand, if one has only one favorite frequency in a band, band stacking requires only one key press to go there. The term "stacking" might be justified by observing that the last stored frequency within the band is the first "on top of the stack", but on the other hand, when one accesses successive levels on the stack nothing pops off, but the stack contents just rotate.
The advantage of band stacking IMHO is that you only need to use eye-hand coordination to reach one button, and you are guaranteed to end up on the desired band regardless of intentional or non-intentional programming. I have yet to reach the "touch typing" proficiency stage w.r.t. the K3 buttons, and have often re-programmed a memory button when my intention was to recall a band. At least once I have lost my M button programming when I upgraded firmware. That said, I think the BAND and MODE controls are quite convenient, and I use them as often as I use the M buttons. 73, Erik K7TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
