This is A/B approach is a "transmit on the wrong VFO" accident waiting to happen. The tap again is what can get lost in the heat of the action.
There simply is no substitute for a second VFO/sub rx that is in RX all the time. That being said. One could always tell (just after the FT-1000MP's came out in numbers) who what using a new MP. They were the ones transmitting on the DX's frequency. Nothing is foolproof. de K3KO Why not use the A/B button instead of REV when working split? No acrobatics necessary. Tap it once, tune the other frequency, tap it again and you are back where you started. 73 de ab2tc - Knut John Reiser-3 wrote: > > I don't have any trouble holding the REV button on my K3 with my index > finger while turning the VFO A knob with my thumb. I do that a lot > working > DX like Ducie. Maybe it's a question of getting used to the placement of > the button with a new radio. > > I have never used an Omni-VI, so I don't know whether its front-panel > layout > is easier to use or not. > > Just wanted to get my 2 cents worth in on this thread before it becomes > accepted truth that the K3 layout is hard to use. It's plenty easy for > me. > > 73, John, W2GW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 For Sale or Trade > > >> Paul Christensen wrote: >>>> I also find it is much easier to hold the REV button and tune the VFO >>>> with one hand when working split on the Omni-VI than the K3. >>> >>>That's one K3 limitation that I have not experienced with most other >>>transceivers. Of all the panel buttons, the placement of the REV button >>>is probably the most critical. Other controls maybe touched up >>>periodically but when you're working split with a paddle in one hand, >>>split mode requires a very ergonomic one-hand operation. I would have >>>preferred the K3's REV button placed either in place of the red Freq. >>>Entry button so that the right index finger can be used while using the >>>thumb and other fingers to find the Dx stations listening frequency -- >>>or in the alternative, placement of the REV button on the lower left of >>>the main VFO so that the right thumb is used. I am right-handed so I am >>>naturally biased. >>> >>>The Ducie guys with their K3s never ran into this dilemma as the DX >>>station. It manifests only for the mere mortals trying to work the DX >>>station. Of course, when the sub-receiver is offered, this all becomes >>>moot point but not everyone will want the optional sub-rx. >>> >> >> A useful feature for K3s that don't have the sub-receiver would be to >> duplicate the REV function on the SUB button. >> >> > <snip> > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-10-For-Sale-or-Trade-tp16080516p16083463.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
