Fw: K3 display for contesters

[waltk8cv4612amos]

Might there be a user setting or mode setting where when pushed or
implemented a completely new radio setting for contesting could be selected
along with a totally different display set of functions ?

Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Muns" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Cc: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 display for contesters

> On the one hand, I've done a lot of contesting with the K3 since July and
> have survived without these displays.  Bandwidth is indicated in two ways,
> both the crystal filter setting and the filter bandwidth icon giving
> relative width.  I quickly adapted to this UI and feel pretty comfortable
> with it.  One worry is if I've adjusted the DSP bandwidth to an
> intermediate
> value between crystal filters ... what is it?  But in contesting, I mostly
> just want to be sure I'm at a known bandwidth and for that I can hit the
> XFIL button or use the two PRESETs.
>
> OTOH, I agree that the parameter displays you describe below are very
> useful
> in contesting where you don't want to take time to turn controls back and
> forth to activate their display momentarily.  This input is already in the
> K3 firmware hopper and Wayne will deal with some of them in a future
> release.  For example, there might be a configuration parameter to
> constantly display RIT offset in the VFO-B display area.  Or, functions
> for
> each of the controls you mention, e.g., POWER, that can be assigned to a
> PF
> button for instant display in the VFO-B area.
>
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dick Green WC1M
>> Sent: Friday, 30 November, 2007 15:09
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 display for contesters
>>
>> N1EU recently posted a query about the lack of a full-time
>> bandwidth display. Many replied that all you have to do is
>> turn a knob to see the current bandwidth. Evidently, this
>> also applies to a number of other operating parameters,
>> including output power(!)
>>
>>
>>
>> This is all well-and-good for casual operating and DXing, but
>> it's a real liability for serious contesters. In a contest,
>> the last thing I want to do is take my hands off the
>> keyboard. I need to be able to see certain important
>> transceiver setting with a quick glance in order to make a
>> decision whether or not to move my hands. Bandwidth is one of
>> the settings I need to know, and the roofing filter selection
>> isn't sufficient -- I need to know the ultimate selectivity
>> provided by the DSP. I haven't had time to study the K3
>> manual in depth, but there are many parameters that need to
>> be available at-a-glance: both VFO frequencies, bandwidth,
>> shift/PBT, RIT/XIT power, vox, AGC, RF Gain, preamp, notch,
>> NB, receive antenna status, power, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Basically, you need to be able to see any setting that might
>> affect transmission or reception. For example, if the
>> bandwidth is too narrow, and you don't realize it, you may
>> not hear stations calling slightly off frequency, or they'll
>> be significantly attenuated. You could have a similar effect
>> if the notch was inadvertently left on. I can't be required
>> to remember the last change I made to the settings, which
>> might have been hours ago. Also, I use two radios and it's
>> impossible to memorize the settings for both of them. I can't
>> afford to spend time twiddling knobs to determine the current
>> state of the transceiver.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are the LCD display fields fixed, like on older displays, or
>> are all the pixels under firmware control? If the display is
>> fixed, the lack of status displays could be a real problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73, Dick WC1M
>>
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