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Erik Tkal

KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it.

Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies. At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m. At that point I switch bands to go listen to 20m. But when I go back to 40m it is now set to AM since that’s where I happened to leave off my SWLing.

It would be nice if there were an additional “band" that isn’t necessarily tied to the amateur bands but is independent. The FTdx3000 has a GEN band button for this purpose, so as to not interfere with the saved positions in the other bands.

Has this been suggested in the past?

Thanks and 73,
Erik Tkal - W1QED

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Grant Youngman

Re: KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

I use the 10m band slot for this purpose. It's relatively simple to reset for 10m CW if I want to go there, which is rare

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> On May 27, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Erik Tkal <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it.
>
> Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies. At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m. At that point I switch bands to go listen to 20m. But when I go back to 40m it is now set to AM since that’s where I happened to leave off my SWLing.
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Grant Youngman

Re: KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

Hmmm .. On second thought, you're right. It does depend on where you leave off. Ok. I'm on board for a GEN band setting

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> On May 27, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Grant Youngman <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I use the 10m band slot for this purpose. It's relatively simple to reset for 10m CW if I want to go there, which is rare
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 27, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Erik Tkal <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it.
>>
>> Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies. At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m. At that point I switch bands to go listen to 20m. But when I go back to 40m it is now set to AM since that’s where I happened to leave off my SWLing.
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Erik Tkal

Re: KX3 suggestion for additional "General" band

Right, it’s the jumping off point. And it isn’t til you go back to that band later that you realizes something’s not quite right, because you never intended to change anything there, so the frequency and mode are off. Makes me think of Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean - “That’s not where I left you”…

Thanks and 73,
Erik Tkal - W1QED

> On May 27, 2016, at 18:24, Grant Youngman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hmmm .. On second thought, you're right. It does depend on where you leave off. Ok. I'm on board for a GEN band setting
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 27, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Grant Youngman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I use the 10m band slot for this purpose. It's relatively simple to reset for 10m CW if I want to go there, which is rare
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 27, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Erik Tkal <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I do some SWLing using my Sony shortwave, and had been lately on my FTdx3000. Now that I have a KX3 I find some limitations with it.
>>>
>>> Let’s say I start low in the 160m band, set the mode to AM, and start scrolling up frequencies. At some point I cross over into 80m, then 40m. At that point I switch bands to go listen to 20m. But when I go back to 40m it is now set to AM since that’s where I happened to leave off my SWLing.
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