Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-05 Thread ON4WIX
; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion Don, I used to have band stacking on my old Yaesu, and now on the K3 I have programmed the M buttons to select 3 frequencies in each band. You are correct w.r.t. the number of button

[Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-04 Thread Steve Ellington
Since we can't have band stacking and memories are too much trouble, how about designating one seldom used button of our choice to be the band stacking button. Example: We scroll to 40 meters with the usual band button then once we are on 40m, we can use that designated button to scroll through

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-04 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve (or anyone else who knows), Please explain the convenience of band-stacking memories. I have never used a radio with band-stacking memories, so I really don't know what that means. Is it really a 'stack' (as in programming) where one can only select the item at the top of the stack? If

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-04 Thread Steve Ellington
PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion Steve (or anyone else who knows), Please explain the convenience of band-stacking memories. I have never used a radio with band-stacking memories, so I really don't know what that means. Is it really a 'stack' (as in programming) where

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-04 Thread David Gilbert
My old and greatly inferior 756Pro had band stacking registers, and that feature essentially lets you cycle through the last three (in the case of the 756Pro) frequencies/mode with just repeated presses of the same band-select button. For example, I could set the rig to 14010 CW with a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

2009-04-04 Thread Erik N Basilier
Don, I used to have band stacking on my old Yaesu, and now on the K3 I have programmed the M buttons to select 3 frequencies in each band. You are correct w.r.t. the number of button presses: The K3 always needs two, while band stacking requires anything from one to three (if limited to a stack