Quantizes? What's that mean? ;-o Mike NF4L
Wayne Burdick wrote: > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
