Sorry for the added bandwidth but for worry of the rig getting broken I vote to no have a fix implemented. In my mind I consider the 20 meter band below the 10 meter band. So yes when I press DOWN on a band switch I expect to go to lower frequencies. I'm sure there are many who think I'm dumb for it but I do believe that the 20 meter band is BELOW the 10 meter band.
On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 12:54 +0000, Brian Alsop wrote: > Don , > > I agree we think in bands. That's why the band button arrows ought to > do the right thing. > > Here is the situation now: > I want to go from 20 to 10 meters. I have to press the DOWN button to > go from 10 -->20. Doesn't makes sense by any thought process. > Last I knew they still teach counting UP as 0, 1, 2, 3 ....10.... 20. > > The DOWN arrow changes FREQUENCY down. That's why frequency is the > right label. > > Sure it is a nit. However, more than half the time I end up going the > wrong direction because I think in bands and conventional count > directions.. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > > > > Don Wilhelm wrote: > > > Your lexicon must be quite different than mine. In my 54 years of > > association with ham radio, we have had Amateur "Bands". Why would > > one want to label the device that changes between these bands as a > > "frequency" switch? The VFO changes frequency, the band switch > > changes bands. > > > > You are free to re-label yours -- just don't do the same to mine. > > > > 73, > > Don W3FPR > > > > K3KO wrote: > > > >> This isn't just the K3. Other radios have the same problem. It > >> seems to be > >> a mistake that persisted through the years. > >> > >> The button marked "band" with up and down arrows really is frequency. > >> > >> You push the up arrow and the band goes down. Press down arrow and band > >> goes up. > >> > >> It would be nice to have this fixed in the K3. No hope for other > >> radios. > >> > >> Right now I have a white sticky label with freq on it pasted over the > >> band > >> marking. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
