Hi, Yay, another blind Elecraft user :)
Beeps at band edges may be helpful, but, using both a K2 and a KX3, I’m getting by without them. While it’s true that when I get close to band edges I check the readout more often, it’s equally true that having the readout in the first place is just super fantastic. For the K3, I understand that the Hampod (http://www.hampod.com) is very cool. Think it also works for the KX3, but the morse readout gives me just about everything I need, apart from the menus, and I’m going to start playing with manipulating those with a Raspberry Pi, just for fun…. One strategy that might help would be to set up the band edges in the quick access memories. Sorry, I don’t even know if this concept carries over to the K3, but the KX3 has four quick access memories per band, which can be accessed with number 1 through 4. Where some might set up, say, a QRP calling frequency, plus favorite nets or what have you, I’d suggest that setting upper and lower band limits for cw and voice would be a great use for these. On a side note, it’s a shame there isn’t one more of these in the KX3, then all five 60M channels could be programmed in, using VFO’s A and B for the cw and SSB freqs, but I digress somewhat. So, your fiend could punch up a band edge and then tune up or down from there. True, it’s not a band beep, but it might satisfy your stated goal. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Chris Johnson <o...@ozy.us> wrote: > I can appreciate that. And I would not want it to delay other features. > But to compare to other radios, most are inverted in this operating method. > They are locked into bands of their localization and require either > modification or proof of MARS license to open it. I'm not for locking it > down either, and would be satisfied with band edge beeps. I have a blind > ham that uses this radio quite a bit, and it would be optimize his operation > of the radio. He is always having it announce VFO location because of the > radio's "openness" to be extra careful. > > Chris > K6OZY > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > >> "Out of band" means different things in each of more than a hundred >> countries, so it is a lot of work to put that in firmware. Handy, but very >> tedious, and it would probably delay other features. >> >> I wouldn't mind band edge beeps myself, I am a bit absent-minded about that. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> >> On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: >> >>> I didn't ask to be taught how to operate. I didn't criticize that it CAN >>> transmit out of band, or that it was a bad thing. I understand the uses >>> for xmitting out of band. I asked if there was a feature to lock it into >>> ham bands that can be OPTIONALLY enabled. >>> >>> Get off your high horse. >>> >>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Richard Neese <kb3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe thats so people who do MARS work can operate...... learn to >>>> monitor yourself thats part of being a ham... >>>> >>>> Locking the firmware would be wrong. this is not just a ham >>>> transceiver..... its a full op transceiver.. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> R.Neese >>>> KB3VGW >>>> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
