--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ian White GM3SEK <gm3...@ifwtech.co.uk> wrote:
> From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3...@ifwtech.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Band edge beep? > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 6:25 AM > Jim Kvochick wrote: > >I had a chance to play with my new K3 over the > weekend. The one little > >feature that I have enjoyed with many other rigs is a > band edge "beep" from > >the rig. Does the K3 have something like this, > and I just missed it while > >learning the rig? > > Band edges very between countries; but I've always wondered > why rigs > don't have user-programmable beeps for use as *personal* > reminders about > band plans, beacon frequencies to avoid etc. > > All it needs is a simple beep when tuning through a > programmed > frequency, just to jog the user's memory. > > Not everyone would find it useful. Even I might not, in > normal waking > hours; but the pre-dawn zombie who sometimes appears in > this shack could > use a little help. > My 11 year old Kenwood TS-870 has a feature that allows programming of automatic mode boundaries. Properly set for example, when I tune down from 14.2 MHz where the rig is in USB, crossing 14.15 puts it into CW. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html