Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-30 Thread Dr. Werner Furlan
Hi Wayne, Wayne Burdick schrieb am 29 Sep 2009 um 10:29: We've had many requests to provide an 0.5-kHz VFO tuning step size in SSB modes. I'd like to substitute this for the current 2.5 kHz selection. The new set of steps sizes for SSB would then be: 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 Most

[Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-29 Thread Wayne Burdick
We've had many requests to provide an 0.5-kHz VFO tuning step size in SSB modes. I'd like to substitute this for the current 2.5 kHz selection. The new set of steps sizes for SSB would then be: 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 Most operators probably don't find 2.5 kHz steps to be particularly

Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-29 Thread AD6XY
This is the one aspect of the K3 I find frustrating. To QSY a few hundered kHz takes a lot of turning. I really like the way some radios speed up the tuning rate as you turn the dial faster. I use the RIT tuning very often to QSY quickly and for larger steps I end up having to use DFE which is

Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-29 Thread Dave G4AON
Mike are you using the RIT/XIT control as a means of rapid tuning? On 80m SSB I can cross the band in less than two full turns of that knob, and on CW it does 300 KHz in 6 turns or so, how quickly do you need to tune? 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 --- This is the one aspect of the K3

Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Dave G4AON wrote: Mike are you using the RIT/XIT control as a means of rapid tuning? On 80m SSB I can cross the band in less than two full turns of that knob, and on CW it does 300 KHz in 6 turns or so, how quickly do you need to tune? I won't miss 2.5kHz, though I don't envisage using

Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

2009-09-29 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Julian G5ILO wrote: ... so many people nowadays use transceivers with a high degree of frequency accuracy and tend to pick a frequency with all zeros in the last 3 digits. I don't think that means we've all turned into CB good buddies either. ;) - No, but it is a bit