So the 'light dawns'.
This is the situation that has been around since dirt was young. The
bands are usually referred to in terms of their wavelength (meters).
Most people automatically think of 20 meters as being 'higher' than 30
meters because the frequency is higher. Of course there are exceptions,
such as the common reference to 160 meters as "Top Band" and I have
heard ops on (say) 20 meters who might comment "Let's try a QSO up on 80
meters".
If I am correct in that sort of thinking, perhaps he should just reverse
the 'up' and 'down' arrows on the button instead of re-labeling it.
73,
Don W3FPR
Gregg R. Lengling wrote:
I think what he is trying to say is that if you hit the band up
button, it actually selects a higher frequency band, not a higher band
number.
ie: I'm on 7020 (40 meters) and hit the ban up button it goes to
10,140 (30 meters). So it's not going to a higher number band but a
higher frequency. I've never given this much thought over the last 45
years and just went with the convention. I guess it's all
semantics....anyhow Don is right, if you want re-label your controls,
but don't change mine.
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