Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control

2008-07-26 Thread Brett Howard
Remember that they have to go in bandwidth order the way they go.. One can't simply reverse that I believe at the current juncture. But I think they were simply mentioning that that was what they felt it should do. Seems that they've grown accustomed now... But maybe I'm all wet. ;) On Sat, 200

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3?

2008-07-26 Thread Brett Howard
l > that the power button would be on top. No biggie > Steve Ellington > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Original Message - > From: "hank k8dd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3?

2008-07-26 Thread Brett Howard
Strange I never thought of it that way as to looking at the XFIL section... I guess that comes from more time where you select which rock you want to use manually. My last rig was a TS450 where you just hit a button to cycle through them and they were laid out vertically on the screen. To me the

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control

2008-07-26 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:18:24 -0400, Don Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hank and Drew, > >The only thing I can think of is that you must be associating the width >control to a 'peaking' control where the peak becomes more narrow as the >control is advanced (reminiscent of the old Q-multiplie

[Elecraft] WIDTH control

2008-07-26 Thread Bruce Beford
I have this same discussion (which way to turn the width control) on a regular basis. Many people buy the variable-bandwidth NEScaf audio filter kit from the New England QRP Club www.newenglandqrp.org and ask which way they should wire the width pot. In those cases, I explain how the circuit works

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control

2008-07-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Hank and Drew, The only thing I can think of is that you must be associating the width control to a 'peaking' control where the peak becomes more narrow as the control is advanced (reminiscent of the old Q-multiplier controls). That is not a 'width' control in my mind. I feel the width contr

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3?

2008-07-26 Thread Augie Hansen
... ... The only one I had trouble with was the WIDTH control. For some reason I kept expecting the filter b/w to become narrower as I turned it clockwise... I agree It seems strange that the WIDTH control turns to the left for narrower when the Filter display goes right I thoug

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3?

2008-07-26 Thread n4lq
July 26, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The panel layout works for me too. Anyone who has used it for awhile will realize they know where many of the functions are without needing to read the la

Re: [Elecraft] WIDTH control - Was: ON4UN has a K3?

2008-07-26 Thread hank k8dd
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The panel layout works for me too. Anyone who has used it for awhile will realize they know where many of the functions are without needing to read the labels as to what is a tap and what is a push, etc. The only one I had trouble with was