[Elecraft] Future Feature Request
If it is possible and practical from a programming aspect, the following would be a nice feature to have in the K3. To have each menu function screen numbered and a sheet for reference with the menu settings and there numbers listed. It would make finding what you are looking for quicker and easier when in the config. mode. Thank you, Roy Davis - WK4Y #1366 - Original Message - From: Darwin, Keith To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:47 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 feature request - I want Ducking! Hey troops, I had an idea last night while in CW QSO with my K3. I've noticed that I always turn the AF gain down when I send CW. I have the side tone volume set to just the right level for the Spot function to work, but when I send CW I want to greatly reduce the distraction from the receiver. I still want to hear it, but not be distracted by it. That got me thinking about ducking. Boy, would it be cool if the K3 would duck the receiver under the CW side tone. I'd want it to be engaged only when sending (not for spot) and I'd like the AF gain reduction to be adjustable through a menu setting. I guess another way to implement this might be to have the side tone affect the AGC so when I send, my RX responds as if it were a real signal and the AGC kicks in to quiet the receiver. In this case, I'd want to set the amount of gain reduction and whether to use Fast or Slow recovery. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - -- ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.10/1903 - Release Date: 1/19/2009 8:52 PM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Future Feature Request
Roy, WK4Y wrote: If it is possible and practical from a programming aspect, the following would be a nice feature to have in the K3. To have each menu function screen numbered and a sheet for reference with the menu settings and there numbers listed. It would make finding what you are looking for quicker and easier when in the config. mode. .. I agree. An alternative would be if the printed menu description also included (in bold) the actual WORDS that the menu abbreviation stood for, finding the menu you wanted would then be simpler. As it is now, the abbreviated words of the menu name are *sometimes* used in the description and sometimes they are not, leaving one to guess what the abbreviation stands for. You learn them eventually, but it could be simpler, particularly as the number of menu items grow. Terry, W0FM K3/100 #474 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Future Feature Request
Individually numbering each menu item could prove to be awkward. If you assign numbers 1 through 'n' now, what happens when you insert something later? It gets number n+1 but it may appear out of numeric order as you surf through the menu system. Same thing happens if you move an item around. If an item is deleted or replaced by 2 items, then I suppose you'd have to retire the original number. So instead of a nice clean listing of numbers 1 through N, you'd have a sparse list of items 1 through N that probably are not in numerical order when you look for them in the menu system. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - -Original Message- To have each menu function screen numbered and a sheet for reference with the menu settings and there numbers listed. It would make finding what you are looking for quicker and easier when in the config. mode. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Future Feature Request
I thought it was pretty nice for the menu to be in alphabetical order so it was easy to run through to find what you are looking for, and lends itself very well for new additions. Also making up a cheat sheet for most used functions, just leave a couple spaces between letters for new additions. Merv KH7C K3 2306 Individually numbering each menu item could prove to be awkward. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - -Original Message- To have each menu function screen numbered and a sheet for reference with the menu settings and there numbers listed. It would make finding what you are looking for quicker and easier when in the config. mode. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Future Feature Request
Thanks for the comments to all replied. I understand Keith's viewpoint. But, Yaesu has this and has made changes where the items did not stay the same. But I don't see updating the sheet a problem. If they are able to do it to the firmware, I would think that each update would overwrite the old information for that feature. I'm not a programmer, just my thoughts. Roy - WK4Y #1366 - Original Message - From: Darwin, Keith keith.dar...@goodrich.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Future Feature Request Individually numbering each menu item could prove to be awkward. If you assign numbers 1 through 'n' now, what happens when you insert something later? It gets number n+1 but it may appear out of numeric order as you surf through the menu system. Same thing happens if you move an item around. If an item is deleted or replaced by 2 items, then I suppose you'd have to retire the original number. So instead of a nice clean listing of numbers 1 through N, you'd have a sparse list of items 1 through N that probably are not in numerical order when you look for them in the menu system. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - -Original Message- To have each menu function screen numbered and a sheet for reference with the menu settings and there numbers listed. It would make finding what you are looking for quicker and easier when in the config. mode. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
