[Elecraft] K3 band buttons
Hi Doug, Thanks for the contest Qs! Always nice to pick up the EI multiplier. As to the band button discussion, depending on your logging software, band and mode switching is easily accomplished by typing in where you want to go in N1MM. I rarely use the band or mode switches on my K3 when playing. It took me a while to "discover" this method, and now I'm not sure how I lived without it ;o) I believe that you can even pick how the software determines mode in the setup panel. It's a breeze to move between CW and SSB. Adding RTTY is a bit more complicated as you need to open the digital interface. So far I'm just SO1R and there's enough going on there that adding another monitor look like a useful option, if not another computer! It's easy enough to get the contest desk cluttered pretty quickly... C'ya in CQ WPX CW I hope... Maunder Minimum or not ;o) 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009 http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 band buttons
Have you tried setting CONFIG:SQ MAIN to "= SUB POT" so that you can use the SUB part of the SQL/RF dual knob? It's described in the manual on page 58 under the CONFIG:SQ MAIN entry in the table. Bob NW8L On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:04 AM, wrote: > I just upgraded to the latest FW and lo and behold the Squelch operation > appears to be a long press of the Config button followed by a twiddle of the > VFO, if this is the way it works I am not impressed, the knob states SQL/RF > so I did not expect to have to use a button as well. > > I find all these two button presses becoming tiresome and I worry that the K3 > will become to demanding to use and end up being relegated to second place in > the shack. > > I don't want a PC running my radio and if I did I would have bought a Flex > for example. > > I hope Elecraft are thinking about these issues as I believe that as time > goes by the K3 will become just another menu driven radio that is too > difficult to use daily. > > Gary, > S/N 679 > Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra > __ > 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 > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 band buttons
Gary and all, I believe your idea has merit. I am a K3 Novice predominantly using an Orion 2. The remote Pod of the O2 is a God Send for contesting. What I really like about it is being able to access the CW SSB memories without the need for jabbing at small buttons on the rig during the heat of a contest. I turn my pod sideways so as to keep the tuning knob out of the way. For my purposes a simple pod without many buttons or tuning encoder is more useful. I do not need the remote tune or band change buttons which are on the TT remote pod they are confusion in a contest. I once heard of an operator who used the pod to tune from an easy chair. This I can identify with though the urge has never struck. Elecrafter would want to spend some time coming up with a pod which will best suit their wide user base. We are fortunate to have a manufacturer of strictly amateur radio equipment owned and run by hams! The service and attention is just amazing. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of rfenab...@gmail.com Sent: 05 April 2009 08:04 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 band buttons FWIW I think Elecraft would achieve a lot more if they made a Keypad Interface with "Programmable Keys" to enable users to "create" their own unique way of operating. As I see it the radio simply does not have the number of available keys/knobs to be able make a lot of features "easy" to use. I just upgraded to the latest FW and lo and behold the Squelch operation appears to be a long press of the Config button followed by a twiddle of the VFO, if this is the way it works I am not impressed, the knob states SQL/RF so I did not expect to have to use a button as well. I find all these two button presses becoming tiresome and I worry that the K3 will become to demanding to use and end up being relegated to second place in the shack. I don't want a PC running my radio and if I did I would have bought a Flex for example. I hope Elecraft are thinking about these issues as I believe that as time goes by the K3 will become just another menu driven radio that is too difficult to use daily. Gary, S/N 679 Sent via BlackBerryR from Telstra __ 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 band buttons
FWIW I think Elecraft would achieve a lot more if they made a Keypad Interface with "Programmable Keys" to enable users to "create" their own unique way of operating. As I see it the radio simply does not have the number of available keys/knobs to be able make a lot of features "easy" to use. I just upgraded to the latest FW and lo and behold the Squelch operation appears to be a long press of the Config button followed by a twiddle of the VFO, if this is the way it works I am not impressed, the knob states SQL/RF so I did not expect to have to use a button as well. I find all these two button presses becoming tiresome and I worry that the K3 will become to demanding to use and end up being relegated to second place in the shack. I don't want a PC running my radio and if I did I would have bought a Flex for example. I hope Elecraft are thinking about these issues as I believe that as time goes by the K3 will become just another menu driven radio that is too difficult to use daily. Gary, S/N 679 Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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
