You might consider checking out Pignology. For several reasons,
built-in furniture in the shack is a big one, my KPA500 sits on the desk
because of the weight, and the K3 is on a shelf about 7 inches [18 cm,
we're inching our way to metric :-)] above it. It's on the right
[again, built in furniture], and resulted in right arm cramps in contests.
I bought a PigKnob from Nick, it is on the desk on the left of the
laptop [I'm left-handed] close to the mouse, and my arm rests on the
desk when I tune. I found I could get 4 easy tuning rates -- 1Hz and
5Hz on the PK, and 10KHz and fast on the K3 Big Knob for quick QSY. It
also has 8 programmable buttons for K3 macros, I've figured out
something to do with 5 of them so far. :-)
I have no financial interest in Pignology. The group who manages our
retirement accounts would have a collective cow if I told them to buy
stock in something that starts with PIG. It did solve a problem for me
however, no more cramps, and I get to tune my radio with my left hand.
73,
Fred K6DGW 142
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
On 4/3/2014 2:50 PM, Mike Markowski wrote:
Not as convenient as physically remoting the buttons, but I wrote a
small C program that sends commands to the K3. I then made some short
"aliases" using that program name. If I type the letter "a" the K3
sends my call, AB3AP. If I type "9" it sends "R 5nn TU" ("7" sends "R
57n TU", etc.). No cramps. :-)
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