I have to agree that band switching on the K3 is not the most "user friendly" and having to "step though" all the bands is a pain in the butt. That said, you can only do so much within a givin size; many features that can be eaisly encorperated into/onto a large front panel have to be presented in a different way. I recently switched from a Orion 2 to the K3, and it has taken some "getting use to" the much smaller panel; though I don't really believe that the K3 has a "leg up" on the O2, it has some features that were not available on the O2 that I dearly wanted.
As far as band changing; you can set up the first 10 memories, but you have to push two buttons (M>V amd then button 1 thur 0) and have to remember what number is what band is what number. Another option is to use PowerSDF/IF and not only is band/mode change easy, but you also have a great panadaptor (I think Elecrafts upcoming one will do the same, but it is not available and I bet will cost better than double what PowerSDF runs (about $375 plus a few bucks for a couple of interconnect cables). An unrelated feature of the Panadaptor is you can quickly QSY via point and click with your mouse. In any case, there is an option that will work right now and another one will be available in the near future. Dick K8ZTT ----- Original Message ----- From: "boyscout" <elecr...@dracoassociates.com> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 ergonomics > > > Val-12 wrote: >> >> We already have heard the same words 6-7 years ago. However the >> discussed rig was K2 and the dreamed one - K3. Now we have K3 >> bigger than K2. I'm sure that there will be voices for K5 bigger than K4 >> too. >> > > Yeah maybe, but compromises made to keep the K3 small are still very real > to > folks who don't have the Royal Jelly from 6-7 years of using Elecrafts. > > For the record, I have a 4-year-old K2 as well as a K3, but I also have a > Yaesu 1000D and there's a lot to be said for the ergonomics of the larger > radio. I've become accustomed to most of the K3's compromises for a small > front panel, but the one that still drives me CRAZY is band-switching by > stepping through the bands one at a time. If the K4 changes nothing else, > I > hope it changes that by providing a one-touch method for selecting a band. > -- ______________________________________________________________ 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
