I was going to mention this a few days ago but forgot until now. Per the discussion on coarse tuning to move quickly across the band, it's worth noting that the better logging programs include a bandmap feature that can display spotted (if you're connected to a cluster) and previously worked callsigns on a frequency scale in a separate window. Assuming you have your K3 communicating with your logging program via RS-232, all you have to do is click on a point on the frequency scale and your rig will jump to the new frequency (no callsign needed ... you click on the line). It's literally point/click QSY, and much quicker than spinning a knob no matter what granularity you have the K3 firmware set for.
I use N1MM for contesting and Logger32 for my general log. Both are excellent, both are free, and both include bandmaps. N1MM will actually give you two bandmaps, one for each VFO. As best I can determine, Logger32 only gives you one bandmap but it follows the A/B button when you switch VFOs. Both programs allow you to add an almost infinite number of callsigns to the bandmap without actually logging them, so you can even set them for specific frequencies for better accuracy, like 14196.8 KHz. You have to trick the logger into thinking it's a callsign, though ... K196?8 works for N1MM and K196_8 works for Logger32. Tune to your desired frequency, type in the pseudo-callsign representing that frequency, and send it to the bandmap. You do that by clicking "Store" in N1MM, and in Logger32 you right-click the callsign entry window to select "Bookmark callsign". 73, Dave AB7E ______________________________________________________________ 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
