[Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

2016-05-27 Thread Erik Tkal
I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it. Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies. At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m. At that point I

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

2016-05-27 Thread Walter Underwood
I’m pretty sure I suggested it a long time ago. A GEN band would be really handy. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On May 27, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Erik Tkal wrote: > > I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. >

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

2016-05-27 Thread Grant Youngman
I use the 10m band slot for this purpose. It's relatively simple to reset for 10m CW if I want to go there, which is rare Grant NQ5T Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Erik Tkal wrote: > > I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. > Now t

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

2016-05-27 Thread Grant Youngman
Hmmm .. On second thought, you're right. It does depend on where you leave off. Ok. I'm on board for a GEN band setting Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: > > I use the 10m band slot for this purpose. It's relatively simple to reset for > 10m CW if I wan

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

2016-05-27 Thread Erik Tkal
Right, it’s the jumping off point. And it isn’t til you go back to that band later that you realizes something’s not quite right, because you never intended to change anything there, so the frequency and mode are off. Makes me think of Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean - “That’s not wh