Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Dave Scarfe
Thanks Wayne and George, I hadn't considered using the presets in combination with xfil to help navigate different filtering options. Handy that they are per band and per mode. Also, the VFO1/2 trick is cool. The other various DSP techniques are very interesting (NR and APF)...guess there is no

Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
The how to for this project is located at: https://www.nk7z.net/adding-external-keypad-k3/ and in Fred Cady's K3 book located at: http://www.ke7x.com/home/guide-to-the-k3 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 04/06/2018 01:22 PM, Bill wrote: Hi Dave and others, I am not using an

Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Bill
Hi Dave and others, I am not using anything that is long or unusual for a macro. The idea of my usage is to give me similar control of the K3 that I would get from leaning across the desk to the rig - just to make life simple. Such as: I have some keys set up as 3x4 keypad on the face of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
Hi Bill, What macros are you using? Could you shoot me a copy of them. I will add them to the web page on how to install the Genovation if I don't have them already. 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 04/06/2018 10:56 AM, Bill wrote: I use both the K-pod and a 48 key Genovati

Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Bill
I use both the K-pod and a 48 key Genovation keypad (each key is user programmable using macros for a total of 64 keys). I rarely have a need to actually touch any control on the K3 itself. Bill W2BLC K-line __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Wayne Burdick
Hi Dave, There are various ways to control bandwidth on the K3S. One of these methods is likely to work for you: - rotating the WIDTH/SHIFT controls - tapping XFIL to cycle through normalized crystal filter bandwidths - turning APF on/off (hold of XFIL switch) - pushing/holding the SHIFT cont

[Elecraft] K3S New Owner - Ergonomic Issue

2018-04-06 Thread Dave Scarfe
I love my K3S. The features and functions are very well thought out, except (IMHO) the placement of the width control. With only one filter in my rig, I find that I use the control a lot (as opposed to using the 'XFIL' button to cycle through filters), and often bump the VFO while making adjustment