K3 test mode

[Will - AI4VE]

Hasn't been a problem here but I have occasionally have trouble not holding the tune button long enough and chang antennas instead. I usually catch it but since I currently only use one antenna I've attached a dummy load to the Antenna 2 connection to protect against accidentally tuning or transmitting with no load. A variable length "hold" setting would be nice but not sure how high on the list I'd place it.

Will, AI4VE
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[drewko]

It might help to turn Config/SWTONE to ON. An extra "blip" will sound
when you've pressed a button long enough to become a HOLD.

73,
Drew
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:39:58 -0400, Will, AI4VE wrote:

>Hasn't been a problem here but I have occasionally have trouble not holding the tune button long enough and chang antennas instead. I usually catch it but since I currently only use one antenna I've attached a dummy load to the Antenna 2 connection to protect against accidentally tuning or transmitting with no load. A variable length "hold" setting would be nice but not sure how high on the list I'd place it.
>
>Will, AI4VE

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[M0XDF]

My problem is VOX, I find trying to drop in and out of VOX, I tend to not hold long enough and end up changing band - I'm thinking of assigning a macro to PF1 or 2 to do vox.
I'd like to be able to use the P3 keys, but they can't do that yet.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
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On 17 Oct 2010, at 21:39, William Ravenel wrote:

> Hasn't been a problem here but I have occasionally have trouble not holding the tune button long enough and chang antennas instead. I usually catch it but since I currently only use one antenna I've attached a dummy load to the Antenna 2 connection to protect against accidentally tuning or transmitting with no load. A variable length "hold" setting would be nice but not sure how high on the list I'd place it.

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[Julian, G4ILO]

Will - AI4VE wrote

Hasn't been a problem here but I have occasionally have trouble not holding the tune button long enough and chang antennas instead. I usually catch it but since I currently only use one antenna I've attached a dummy load to the Antenna 2 connection to protect against accidentally tuning or transmitting with no load. A variable length "hold" setting would be nice but not sure how high on the list I'd place it.

For that situation a better solution might be a configuration option to disable switching to Antenna 2.