K3 Tune Button

[Georgens, Tom]

When the TUNE button is engaged, are there settings that determine how
the radio responds?  On my radios, depressing the TUNE button will
display the  SWR.  I would rather it displayed the frequency.  I thought
that K5ZD's K3 did exactly that when I used it at WRTC.  Although
somewhat impolite, I occasionally sweep the band in TUNE mode as an SWR
check of the antennas.  Not being able to see the frequency makes this
less convenient.

 

Similarly, if TUNE is depressed and I turn the VFO knob, the response
varies by band.  Sometimes the tuning rate is fast, sometimes it is
slow, and sometimes the frequency will not change at all.  

 

There must be a setting that controls this, but I have tried the manual
and could not find the answers

 

Thanks and 73

 

Tom W2SC 8P5A

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[David Gilbert]

If it were up to me, I'd want Elecraft to lock the frequency when in
TUNE so that folks like you couldn't do that.

Dave   AB7E



On 10/24/2010 6:07 PM, Georgens, Tom wrote:

> When the TUNE button is engaged, are there settings that determine how
> the radio responds?  On my radios, depressing the TUNE button will
> display the  SWR.  I would rather it displayed the frequency.  I thought
> that K5ZD's K3 did exactly that when I used it at WRTC.  Although
> somewhat impolite, I occasionally sweep the band in TUNE mode as an SWR
> check of the antennas.  Not being able to see the frequency makes this
> less convenient.
>
>
>
> Similarly, if TUNE is depressed and I turn the VFO knob, the response
> varies by band.  Sometimes the tuning rate is fast, sometimes it is
> slow, and sometimes the frequency will not change at all.
>
>
>
> There must be a setting that controls this, but I have tried the manual
> and could not find the answers
>
>
>
> Thanks and 73
>
>
>
> Tom W2SC 8P5A
>
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[N7US]

An antenna analyzer, such as the MFJ-259B, can do that well with no QRM.

Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----


If it were up to me, I'd want Elecraft to lock the frequency when in
TUNE so that folks like you couldn't do that.

Dave   AB7E



On 10/24/2010 6:07 PM, Georgens, Tom wrote:
> When the TUNE button is engaged, are there settings that determine how
> the radio responds?  On my radios, depressing the TUNE button will
> display the  SWR.  I would rather it displayed the frequency.  I thought
> that K5ZD's K3 did exactly that when I used it at WRTC.  Although
> somewhat impolite, I occasionally sweep the band in TUNE mode as an SWR
> check of the antennas.  Not being able to see the frequency makes this
> less convenient.
> Tom W2SC 8P5A


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