I plan to change VFO coarse tuning in general so that it quantizes. Tapping CLR to accomplish this strikes me as further control overloading, which I want to avoid. Besides that, CLR clears the RIT offset even if RIT is off.
Wayne Sent from my iPhone On Sep 21, 2009, at 4:12 AM, Brett Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Not too long ago there was some debate about the Fast QSY function > that > can be used if you set VFO OFS = 1. > > There were those who feel that the fast QSY function should *not* > clear > the LSB's so that if you use it (or perhaps accidentally bump it) you > have an easier time getting back to the frequency that you were > previously on. > > However there are those who have grown accustomed to the M.CH knob on > Kenwood rigs that allow for 1Khz movement but it *does* clear the > LSB's > and allows you to tune the band in a channelized fashion. > Personally I > kinda wish that we'd use the band in a more random fashion and less > like > CBer's but thats just me... ;) > > Any way I had a thought. Being that the CLR button has no function > when > the user is simply listening with RIT and XIT off why not have that > button clear the 3 LSBs. That way if you want the first scenario > mentioned above you simply grab the knob and crank away. However if > you > prefer the second scenario you only have tap that CLR switch. This > is a > very simple action and one can hit this button in the same motion > while > reaching for the knob. > > Anyone have thoughts? > > ~Brett > > > PS: Sorry for more nit picks on the K3 guys but honestly I think > we're > at this level now... For me the K3 works wonderfully. Granted I know > that with this group out here there will be more great ideas and some > more big exciting firmware releases are on the way! Sometimes its > hard > to come up with solutions that keep everyone happy. Here is my > attempt > at one. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
