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K3 software suggestion

K4DJJ
Tuning the K3 on 75m sideband this morning and trying to get the vfo
precisely on
a frequency such as 3.823.00 for example, it can take some time when
your hands
are none too steady. Since the SPOT button displays N/A in sideband
mode, I thought
it could be used instead to automatically move the vfo to the nearest  
1khz frequency
when pressed in sideband mode.
Thanks and 73, Dirk
K4DJJ

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Re: K3 software suggestion

Don Wilhelm-4
Dirk,

I believe what you want is already present (but not using the SPOT button).
Read the VFO portion of the manual page 47, and set VFO CRS for each
mode as you desire. (see menu listing on page 62).

For SSB use, I set mine for 0.5 kHz steps, and I also set VFO OFS to ON
so I can use the RIT control for coarse tuning instead of pushing the
COARSE button.  That allows me to use the VFO A knob for fine tuning.  I
also turn rounding on for VFO CRS
Note that I seldom if ever find a need for RIT or XIT in SSB mode, YMMV.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/29/2011 1:27 PM, Dirk Jorens wrote:

> Tuning the K3 on 75m sideband this morning and trying to get the vfo
> precisely on
> a frequency such as 3.823.00 for example, it can take some time when
> your hands
> are none too steady. Since the SPOT button displays N/A in sideband
> mode, I thought
> it could be used instead to automatically move the vfo to the nearest
> 1khz frequency
> when pressed in sideband mode.
> Thanks and 73, Dirk
> K4DJJ
>
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