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Chris Meagher-2

K3 coarse tuning

Re coarse tuning in the next beta release.
Note Wayne's comment re having 0.5KHz increment available.
YES please! Exactly what I've been hoping for.

Chris VK2ACD
K3 #685 K2 #3666
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Brett Howard

Re: K3 coarse tuning

Man I hope things like this coupled with the loss of morse code aren't
the beginning of ham radio becoming CB...

~BTH

On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 16:44 +1000, Chris Meagher wrote:

> Re coarse tuning in the next beta release.
> Note Wayne's comment re having 0.5KHz increment available.
> YES please! Exactly what I've been hoping for.
>
> Chris VK2ACD
> K3 #685 K2 #3666
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Dave, G4AON

Re: K3 coarse tuning

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Beta firmware currently out in field test does have a choice of coarse
tuning increments of 0.1, 0.5 and 1 KHz. There is still a user choice of
rounding off (or not) the last digits when coarse tuning via the RIT/XIT
knob. So you will have plenty of tuning rate choices.

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80

Re coarse tuning in the next beta release.
Note Wayne's comment re having 0.5KHz increment available.
YES please! Exactly what I've been hoping for.

Chris VK2ACD
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David Gilbert

Re: K3 coarse tuning

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That seems a bit extreme. On an average day, lots of 80m, 40m, and even
upper HF band activity already tends toward being channelized to the
nearest 1 KHz, and if anything it helps spread out the QSO's. All that
goes by the wayside (as it should) when activity picks up for contests
and DX pileups.

Besides, whatever influence the -->OPTION<-- for 0.5 KHz spacing in the
K3 may have on channelization, it is more than offset by the K3's
excellent narrow filter capability.

73,
Dave AB7E

Brett Howard wrote:

> Man I hope things like this coupled with the loss of morse code aren't
> the beginning of ham radio becoming CB...
>
> ~BTH
>
> On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 16:44 +1000, Chris Meagher wrote:
>
>> Re coarse tuning in the next beta release.
>> Note Wayne's comment re having 0.5KHz increment available.
>> YES please! Exactly what I've been hoping for.
>>
>> Chris VK2ACD
>> K3 #685 K2 #3666

Ken Kopp-3

K3 coarse tuning steps

In reply to this post by Brett Howard

I don't see any threat to us drifting towards CB operational
habits because of radios having the ability to step to / in
1 or 5 kHz steps. We've been this way for years.

Those of us who have a penchant for "order" tend to use
"even" frequencies. Most nets follow this format ... probably
for simplicity.

For the most part I'm a "CQ'er" and always call on a specific
kHz rather than a random dial setting. It's not a big deal ... just
the way I follow my particular sense of order. It avoids rounding
off of log book entries, too. (:-))

73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: K3 coarse tuning steps [END of thread]

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Guys - Let's end this thread right now. No need to waste reflector
bandwidth arguing about different tuning stpes and how that reflects on
operator habits :-)

73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Ken Kopp wrote:
> I don't see any threat to us drifting towards CB operational
> habits because of radios having the ability to step to / in
> 1 or 5 kHz steps. We've been this way for years.
>
>
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allenrw1955

Re: K3 coarse tuning

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I checked my "VFO CRS" and it has 5.0, 2.5, 1, and .1 khz , I have
v3.30 so what am I missing here?
Bob
KB1FRW

Dave G4AON wrote:

> Beta firmware currently out in field test does have a choice of coarse
> tuning increments of 0.1, 0.5 and 1 KHz. There is still a user choice of
> rounding off (or not) the last digits when coarse tuning via the RIT/XIT
> knob. So you will have plenty of tuning rate choices.
>
> 73 Dave, G4AON
> K3/100 #80
>
> Re coarse tuning in the next beta release.
> Note Wayne's comment re having 0.5KHz increment available.
> YES please! Exactly what I've been hoping for.
>
> Chris VK2ACD
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>
>