I don't have a K3 yet but I'm happy with the Band+ and Band- buttons on my K2. I pretty much know how many pushes I'll need to get from one band to another, usually only one or two away.
Anyhow, the display changes instantly with each button push before the relays get a chance to switch, so you can quickly step through multiple bands, watching the display without tripping the relays, until your target band is reached. For the ten or so ham bands we have this seems like a reasonable way of getting around. I don't know that I'd want ten or twelve extra buttons for this. That just doesn't seem any more convenient to me. In fact, it is less convenient. (But then I am a bug and straight key op so pushing a switch many hundreds of times in sequence is not a big deal to me, haha!) I never have to look at the Band+/Band- buttons; I know where they are by touch and can just focus on the display. I see that the K3 also has them in the same location: top left corner. That is ideal as far as I'm concerned. Now, getting around the non-ham bands is a different story. I'm not too crazy about direct frequency entry. Would prefer to just spin a knob to increment or decrement the frequency in 1-Mhz steps, maybe five 1-MHz steps per each full turn of the knob. I understand there is some problem with going between ham bands and non ham frequencies. I expect this will get straightened out at some point. 73, Drew AF2Z On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:18:58 -0400, Dave W8FGU wrote: >Ok, lets see if I get it - users want to randomly assign bands to a set of >buttons in an order of their choosing, that makes sense to the operation >they are performing, then memorize the meaning of the buttons, and call up a >particular (and memorized) band with a single button. > >And this would be more convenient than cycling through the band select >buttons, presumably because you are forced to cycle through bands you may >not need to at this point in your operation. > >Am I getting this right? I apologize for the bandwidth - I'm just trying to >get educated. > >73, >Dave W8FGU > _______________________________________________ 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
