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dhhdeh

K4 Band Stacking Registers

I owned a K3 from February 2008 until mid-2015.

One of the its UI features that I could never warm up to was the lack of
dedicated band switching buttons and multiple band stacking registers.

Can someone please give some insight on how the band button below the K4
screen works and its capabilities?

Thanks and 73 de N1LQ-Dave

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wayne burdick

Re: K4 Band Stacking Registers

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Hi Dave,

Tapping BAND brings up a set of band-stacking switches on-screen, one for each band (including WARC bands), plus one for general coverage, one for transverters, and one for most-recently-used frequency memories.

The advantage of doing this on the LCD rather than with hard switches is that we can provide different arrangements depending on the operator's needs. For example, the op may want more transverter controls, may not use the WARC bands during contesting, or might prefer to dedicate one or more switches to specific frequencies. If a new band is allocated in the future -- perhaps limited to a subset of countries -- we'll be able to add it with a software update.

Band-stacking depth will be adjustable.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> On May 31, 2019, at 9:00 AM, dhhdeh <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I owned a K3 from February 2008 until mid-2015.
>
> One of the its UI features that I could never warm up to was the lack of dedicated band switching buttons and multiple band stacking registers.
>
> Can someone please give some insight on how the band button below the K4 screen works and its capabilities?
>
> Thanks and 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>
>
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Martin Sole-3

Re: K4 Band Stacking Registers

Okay this sounds a reasonable compromise to me for band selection and
band stacking.

What about mode selection?

Tnx,
Martin, HS0ZED

On 31/05/2019 19:16, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Tapping BAND brings up a set of band-stacking switches on-screen, one for each band (including WARC bands), plus one for general coverage, one for transverters, and one for most-recently-used frequency memories.
>
> The advantage of doing this on the LCD rather than with hard switches is that we can provide different arrangements depending on the operator's needs. For example, the op may want more transverter controls, may not use the WARC bands during contesting, or might prefer to dedicate one or more switches to specific frequencies. If a new band is allocated in the future -- perhaps limited to a subset of countries -- we'll be able to add it with a software update.
>
> Band-stacking depth will be adjustable.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>
>
>> On May 31, 2019, at 9:00 AM, dhhdeh <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I owned a K3 from February 2008 until mid-2015.
>>
>> One of the its UI features that I could never warm up to was the lack of dedicated band switching buttons and multiple band stacking registers.
>>
>> Can someone please give some insight on how the band button below the K4 screen works and its capabilities?
>>
>> Thanks and 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>>
>>
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wayne burdick

Re: K4 Band Stacking Registers

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When you tap the MODE switch (above the VFO), a list of all primary modes and data modes comes up on screen. You can then select one. We'll also provide an alternative behavior for the MODE switch for ops who use only CW and SSB (for example): tapping MODE will just alternative among 2 or 3 specific modes. This will eliminate the need to tap the mode buttons on-screen.

The *hold* function of the MODE switch is "ALT", as on our other rigs. This alternates between USB and LSB, CW-normal/CW-reverse, AM/AM-sync, etc.

Each VFO has its own mode identifier. This clearly shows which mode you're in, including data submode (e.g. FSK-D).

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> On May 31, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Martin Sole <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Okay this sounds a reasonable compromise to me for band selection and band stacking.
>
> What about mode selection?
>
> Tnx,
> Martin, HS0ZED
>
>
> On 31/05/2019 19:16, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Tapping BAND brings up a set of band-stacking switches on-screen, one for each band (including WARC bands), plus one for general coverage, one for transverters, and one for most-recently-used frequency memories.
>>
>> The advantage of doing this on the LCD rather than with hard switches is that we can provide different arrangements depending on the operator's needs. For example, the op may want more transverter controls, may not use the WARC bands during contesting, or might prefer to dedicate one or more switches to specific frequencies. If a new band is allocated in the future -- perhaps limited to a subset of countries -- we'll be able to add it with a software update.
>>
>> Band-stacking depth will be adjustable.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On May 31, 2019, at 9:00 AM, dhhdeh <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I owned a K3 from February 2008 until mid-2015.
>>>
>>> One of the its UI features that I could never warm up to was the lack of dedicated band switching buttons and multiple band stacking registers.
>>>
>>> Can someone please give some insight on how the band button below the K4 screen works and its capabilities?
>>>
>>> Thanks and 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>>>
>>>
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Martin Sole-3

Re: K4 Band Stacking Registers

Thanks for that, guess I just missed that button amongst all the other
eye candy :)

Martin, HS0ZED

On 31/05/2019 20:04, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> When you tap the MODE switch (above the VFO), a list of all primary modes and data modes comes up on screen. You can then select one. We'll also provide an alternative behavior for the MODE switch for ops who use only CW and SSB (for example): tapping MODE will just alternative among 2 or 3 specific modes. This will eliminate the need to tap the mode buttons on-screen.
>
> The *hold* function of the MODE switch is "ALT", as on our other rigs. This alternates between USB and LSB, CW-normal/CW-reverse, AM/AM-sync, etc.
>
> Each VFO has its own mode identifier. This clearly shows which mode you're in, including data submode (e.g. FSK-D).
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>> On May 31, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Martin Sole <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Okay this sounds a reasonable compromise to me for band selection and band stacking.
>>
>> What about mode selection?
>>
>> Tnx,
>> Martin, HS0ZED
>>
>>
>> On 31/05/2019 19:16, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> Tapping BAND brings up a set of band-stacking switches on-screen, one for each band (including WARC bands), plus one for general coverage, one for transverters, and one for most-recently-used frequency memories.
>>>
>>> The advantage of doing this on the LCD rather than with hard switches is that we can provide different arrangements depending on the operator's needs. For example, the op may want more transverter controls, may not use the WARC bands during contesting, or might prefer to dedicate one or more switches to specific frequencies. If a new band is allocated in the future -- perhaps limited to a subset of countries -- we'll be able to add it with a software update.
>>>
>>> Band-stacking depth will be adjustable.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On May 31, 2019, at 9:00 AM, dhhdeh <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I owned a K3 from February 2008 until mid-2015.
>>>>
>>>> One of the its UI features that I could never warm up to was the lack of dedicated band switching buttons and multiple band stacking registers.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please give some insight on how the band button below the K4 screen works and its capabilities?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________________
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