I guess that's the beauty of a complete K line station. I change bands
with the buttons on the KPA500 and verify that I'm not transmitting on
the DX by observing the cursors on the P3. After setting up the K3 the
way I wanted it, I now access the menus less than once a month.
73,
Bill - NA5DX
On 9/27/2017 7:39 AM, Wes Stewart wrote:
Have you never turned on VOX when you meant to change bands? Or set up
VFO A and B to split frequencies and then accidentally (and
unknowingly) written A to B when you tried to turn on Split? Your
Split indicator gives you comfort but you're still transmitting on the
DX. Probably half the, "He's split you moron" comments in pileups are
directed at K3 owners. And don't even get me started about memory
management.
So I bought a KPod. I'll spare you the agony of reading about the
tribulations I had with that. It took me making a video clip of the
malfunction to convince Elecraft that the issue I was seeing was
real. Fixed with new firmware in the K3S not the KPod. Nevertheless
it's a promise unfulfilled. It's simply a trigger for macros you have
to write and save in the limited space for macros in the radio. The
KPod doesn't save anything.
The other aftermarket keypad solution requires that you own a P3.
I don't mind things infrequently accessed being buried in menus. But
how about a knob to change bands? We have a couple of knobs for fine
frequency adjustment, why not one for coarse adjustment?
Wes N7WS
On 9/26/2017 11:29 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
I don't understand the need for all that menu access in the first
place for normal operating. I've literally operated complete major
contests (CQWW, ARRL DX, etc) without ever changing anything in the
menu, and that covers dramatic changes in operating conditions
(propagation, QRN, QRM, etc). Yes, I played around with many of the
settings when I first got my K3, but once I settled on what I felt
were the optimum settings for the majority of my operations I haven't
touched them since. Everything I need to change on the fly is already
right there on the front panel.
The fact that there are lots of deep options doesn't mean it makes
sense to have to constantly diddle with them.
Dave AB7E
On 9/26/2017 5:49 PM, Emory Schley wrote:
Ron, AC7AC, wrote, under another subject heading: "I'm not bothered
by choosing between a dozen switches but sorting through half a
dozen menu items to change one gives me a headache."
That pretty much sums up my attitude as well, and I've heard other
hams– MANY other hams– complain about menus, but I don't recall
ever hearing anyone complain about excess knobs, buttons, dials,
etc. Reading Ron's thoughts made me wonder out loud, why can't
Elecraft or some third party make a "magic box" that would be
completely impotent by itself, but with the capability to mate up to
one of these small miniaturized wonders like the KX2 or KX3, and
which would contain oodles of manual controls for virtually every
function the parent rig is capable of providing?
This would NOT impact the normal functioning of the parent rig,
but would act as an accessory for those who eschew menus and such,
and who like their rigs bigger, bulkier and in more traditional
formats. I envision a box of switches, buttons, knobs, perhaps even
gauges that would be cable-fed (or wi-fied) from the little parent
rig sitting behind the magic box. Its size would be whatever was
necessary to accommodate the design and would resemble a
normal-sized base station. You could conceivably have a separate
control for each function the parent rig provides, or if logic
dictated, then several controls might be multi-purpose.
Then an op could have the best of both worlds. He/she could use
his/her KX2/KX3 as a portable rig in the normal way, but when
returned to the home station, it could be plugged back into the
magic box to power it in a more expansive and convenient manner.
Elecraft seems to always be on the lookout for new products.
Here's one they might be able to put on the market, up and running,
quickly because most of the engineering has already been worked out
for the parent rig.
Emory Schley
N4LP
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