That sounds like a way to implement it, Terry. I sure miss the band edge
beep on my Icom pro III. I'd love to see one added to the K3.
73, Mike KS0T
My needs are much simpler than those involving international frequency
tables, license classes, memory locations, etc. I haven't thought this
through thoroughly so I don't know all the ramifications. I'll leave that
all to someone smarter than me.
I know that I am quite embarrassed to be told that I have just transmitted
outside the legal US band (usually involves DX pounces) and would like to be
reminded if my inattention causes me to do that. I see *self enforcement*
here.
I could envision a "Band Marker" that could be set by the K3 user
personally. Tune the VFO to the band (or sub band) edge you'd like to be
notified of. Say 14.000. In the menu you find "Band Marker". Select that
option and the software creates a tone (beep if you will) on 14.000. If you
wanted to be alerted that you are passing the high end of the 20M band,
simply set your VFO to 14.350, and, in the menu, select "Band Marker". BEEP
created. Same process to mark the CW, RTTY, etc sub-band if that's your
desire.
The K3 owner could be free to opt for doing this or not, as well as for
which bands, license privileges or mode sub-bands he wished. Nothing
forced. All on the operator (and sw guys like Lyle, of course). No
software tables, band lists per country or license classes involved. Nothing
to force a transmitter shut down. It would simply be an *operator assigned*
aid for the *convenience* of the individual operator.
Of course, this would not help direct frequency entry band errors, instant
spots, etc. Just thinking through my keyboard. ;o)
Thoughts? Someone will probably tell me that this already exists in the K3.
;o)
Terry, W0FM
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