K3 Scan Rate

[G4BUE]

Is it possible to vary the speed of scanning on the K3, please?

I am trying to set up my K3 for "Channel Hopping" the 60m frequencies
and so far can only do it with a too fast scan rate.

Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE

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[drewko]

The RATE button gives you a choice of scan rates but it would be nice
if there was a wider range of scan speeds available. Depending on how
much band you want to cover, how crowded it is and what you're
scanning for, you might want anything from very slow to very fast,
with a lot of variability in between. If you could adjust the scan
rate interactively while scanning, that would be super.

Also would be nice if the dwell time was user selectable (i.e., the
amount of time a scan will pause on an active freq before resuming the
scan).

I don't think many people use the scanner on HF but I have found it
very handy on the K2 looking for CW signals. Haven't tried it on the
K3 yet, but from the manual description it looks pretty much the same.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:28:10 +0000, Chris, G4BUE wrote:

>Is it possible to vary the speed of scanning on the K3, please?
>
>I am trying to set up my K3 for "Channel Hopping" the 60m frequencies
>and so far can only do it with a too fast scan rate.
>
>Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE
>

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[G4BUE]

Thanks Drew.

At the moment I want to use it to check the seven UK 60 metre
frequencies by using the Channel Hopping facility.  Even with the
RATE button set to the slower rate, it still scans over the
frequencies much too fast.

I agree with you in that it would be nice to be able to vary the rate
and also the dwell time of the scanning.

73 de Chris, G4BUE

On 9 Jul 2008 at 8:03, [hidden email] wrote:

> The RATE button gives you a choice of scan rates but it would be
> nice
> if there was a wider range of scan speeds available. Depending on
> how
> much band you want to cover, how crowded it is and what you're
> scanning for, you might want anything from very slow to very fast,
> with a lot of variability in between. If you could adjust the scan
> rate interactively while scanning, that would be super.
>
> Also would be nice if the dwell time was user selectable (i.e.,
> the
> amount of time a scan will pause on an active freq before resuming
> the
> scan).
>
> I don't think many people use the scanner on HF but I have found
> it
> very handy on the K2 looking for CW signals. Haven't tried it on
> the
> K3 yet, but from the manual description it looks pretty much the
> same.
>
> 73,
> Drew
> AF2Z
>
>
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:28:10 +0000, Chris, G4BUE wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to vary the speed of scanning on the K3, please?
> >
> >I am trying to set up my K3 for "Channel Hopping" the 60m
> frequencies
> >and so far can only do it with a too fast scan rate.
> >
> >Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE
> >
>
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[Brett Howard]

I don't see to much need to change the scan rate really.  It scans through
as quickly as it can (or slightly slower depending on where you have the
tuning rate set before asking it to scan).  Then it stops on whatever it
finds.  Granted the dwell time being settable would be nice but I find that
if I want it to dwell longer I just press a button and it stops there for
longer then I start it back up again.  What I do is if I want it to be more
"pro active" I run the scan with a wider filter setting much like I would if
I were scanning the band myself.  This allows the a longer period of time
looking at each frequency as each frequency is in the window for a longer
period of time and if something starts modulating like a signal while its in
the window poof you stop on it.  You can also get a similar affect of
setting how proactive you are with the RF gain.

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Scan Rate

The RATE button gives you a choice of scan rates but it would be nice
if there was a wider range of scan speeds available. Depending on how
much band you want to cover, how crowded it is and what you're
scanning for, you might want anything from very slow to very fast,
with a lot of variability in between. If you could adjust the scan
rate interactively while scanning, that would be super.

Also would be nice if the dwell time was user selectable (i.e., the
amount of time a scan will pause on an active freq before resuming the
scan).

I don't think many people use the scanner on HF but I have found it
very handy on the K2 looking for CW signals. Haven't tried it on the
K3 yet, but from the manual description it looks pretty much the same.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:28:10 +0000, Chris, G4BUE wrote:

>Is it possible to vary the speed of scanning on the K3, please?
>
>I am trying to set up my K3 for "Channel Hopping" the 60m frequencies
>and so far can only do it with a too fast scan rate.
>
>Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE
>

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