I'd greatly prefer that the knob remains as is and I often call off on weird frequencies just to try and keep ham radio a little more like ham radio and a little less like CB.
~Brett (KC7OTG) On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 19:49 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote: > > > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Brett Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Brett Howard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Channel Hopping > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:41 PM > > You know you can use the RIT knob as a fast band move knob > with a simple > menu setting so that it works like the M.CH knob does on the > Kenwoods. > > > > Not quite. I use the RIT knob set to 5 KHz steps all of the time, but > it steps 5 KHz from where it's currently setting, and if that isn't a > 5KHz multiple then it isn't the same as the Kenwood. > > Let's face it, on many bands these days we are almost channelized. > The DX calls on 14.195 not 14.196789. With my Kenwood, if I'm > listening on 14.003 and decide to check 14.195 I just turn the VFO CH > knob and easily land on freq. BTW, the radio knows to change modes > from CW to USB at 14.150. And if I think I may want to return to the > CW freq, before moving I hit Quick Memory and it's saved and I can > return to it with one button push. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
