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Chuck Chandler

Progressive Tuning Rate

Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
that is something I miss from my past rigs.

73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L

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Mal Speer

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

+1

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Subject: [Elecraft] Progressive Tuning Rate

Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
that is something I miss from my past rigs.

73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L

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ab2tc

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

Hi,

Icom has had that for a long time even for their low end rigs such as the
IC-718. This has been suggested here a while ago for Elecraft to consider.
As far as I know the idea was rejected. I liked it on my Icom rigs, but some
people truly hate it. Nowadays many people, including myself, use
panadapters that allow point and click QSY. That can bring you straight
across a band with a couple of mouse clicks.

AB2TC - Knut

Mal Speer wrote
> +1
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Progressive Tuning Rate
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> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning
> rate,
> that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>
> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
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K9MA

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

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I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a
menu item to enable it.

Scott K9MA

On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
> that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>
> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L

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Ralph Encarnacion

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

I actually thought all radios had this feature. When I first got my KX2, i kept turning the knob faster and faster looking to see if it would kick in, and was kind of disappointed when it didn’t. So I would like to see it added to the KX2 and KX3.

Ralph AA5YC

> On Jan 2, 2018, at 1:51 PM, K9MA <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a menu item to enable it.
>
> Scott K9MA
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> On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
>> that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>>
>> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
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Bob Novas

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

About the only thing I like about using my Drake R4C over my K3S is that I can cover a lot of band with a couple of twists of the Drake's tuning knob, at 25KHz per rotation. However, it's tough to clarify SSB at that rate, though it's actually not too fast for CW for me.

I'd love to see the K3S have a progressive tuning rate, with adjustable parameters - acceleration and max rate. Acceleration would set how fast the progressive tuning rate advances; max rate would set the absolute max tuning rate.

Bob
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Progressive Tuning Rate

I actually thought all radios had this feature. When I first got my KX2, i kept turning the knob faster and faster looking to see if it would kick in, and was kind of disappointed when it didn’t. So I would like to see it added to the KX2 and KX3.

Ralph AA5YC

> On Jan 2, 2018, at 1:51 PM, K9MA <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a menu item to enable it.
>
> Scott K9MA
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> On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning
>> rate, that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>>
>> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
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Don Wilhelm

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

In reply to this post by Ralph Encarnacion

If it ends up working anything like that 'feature' on the Yaesu FT-847,
it will certainly not please me - and I will want a way to turn it off.

I find nothing wrong with the tuning rate selection on the K3 or KX3/KX2
using the RATE button(s). In addition, you can set the VFO OFS so that
the VFO B knob can be used for rapid QSY.
Those provide me with controlled QSY operations instead of "somewhere
WAAY up (or down) the band" that I have experienced with other radios
having that feature.

73,
Don W3FPR

>> On Jan 2, 2018, at 1:51 PM, K9MA <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a menu item to enable it.
>>
>> Scott K9MA
>>
>> On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>>> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
>>> that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>>>
>>> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
>>
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Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

In reply to this post by Bob Novas

Set the parameters and use the rate button, push go fast, push go slow,
you an set how fast or slow you wish to go.

> About the only thing I like about using my Drake R4C over my K3S is that I can cover a lot of band with a couple of twists of the Drake's tuning knob, at 25KHz per rotation. However, it's tough to clarify SSB at that rate, though it's actually not too fast for CW for me.
>
> I'd love to see the K3S have a progressive tuning rate, with adjustable parameters - acceleration and max rate. Acceleration would set how fast the progressive tuning rate advances; max rate would set the absolute max tuning rate.
>
> Bob
> W3DK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ralph Encarnacion
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 4:54 PM
> To: K9MA
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Progressive Tuning Rate
>
> I actually thought all radios had this feature. When I first got my KX2, i kept turning the knob faster and faster looking to see if it would kick in, and was kind of disappointed when it didn’t. So I would like to see it added to the KX2 and KX3.
>
> Ralph AA5YC
>
>> On Jan 2, 2018, at 1:51 PM, K9MA <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a menu item to enable it.
>>
>> Scott K9MA
>>
>> On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>>> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning
>>> rate, that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>>>
>>> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
>>
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

I like the tuning rates on my K3S just as it is. No changes
requested. And I have radios with variable tuning rates. They are an
annoyance in my usage.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 1/2/2018 6:23 PM, Merv Schweigert via Elecraft wrote:

> Set the parameters and use the rate button, push go fast, push go slow,
> you an set how fast or slow you wish to go.
>
>
>> About the only thing I like about using my Drake R4C over my K3S is
>> that I can cover a lot of band with a couple of twists of the Drake's
>> tuning knob, at 25KHz per rotation. However, it's tough to clarify
>> SSB at that rate, though it's actually not too fast for CW for me.
>>
>> I'd love to see the K3S have a progressive tuning rate, with
>> adjustable parameters - acceleration and max rate. Acceleration
>> would set how fast the progressive tuning rate advances; max rate
>> would set the absolute max tuning rate.
>>
>> Bob
>> W3DK

Joan

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

In reply to this post by Chuck Chandler

I think it would be nice for a future firmware update to add a progressive tuning rate. I can imagine the simplest added root menu item: VFO PRG [Disable (or OFF)/Enable] (rather than complexifying the existing VFO CRS submenu). Adding more options would be possible for a VFO PRG menu item, e.g.: [OFF/x5/x10/x20] (where x=equals the currently set Fine or Coarse tuning rate for the current mode). A non-user-accessible sensing threshold would probably be acceptable. {One can imagine a VFO PTH; but such an item might tip the complex-o-meter needle past the ‘needlessly complex’ mark} ;)

More than 7 chars in the VFO B alphanumeric display would be helpful, although it’s too late to change that. This will have to wait for the introduction of the high-res colour raster displays of the KX4 and K4s. {I’m making this up}

hi = 73 de KX2CW kn
~joan ;)

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> On Jan 2, 2018, at 11:51, K9MA <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I'd like that feature, too. For those who don't like it, just add a menu item to enable it.
>
> Scott K9MA
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>> On 1/2/2018 10:50, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>> Whooo-hooo. Sign me up. I would love to have the progressive tuning rate,
>> that is something I miss from my past rigs.
>>
>> 73 es HNY de Chuck, WS1L
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K8TE

Re: Progressive Tuning Rate

In reply to this post by Chuck Chandler

+3 (one for each K3)

Admittedly, I use the frequency entry on the front panel more than tuning.
Plus, I often enter the frequency in my logger or tune with the UP/DOWN
arrow keys.

73, Bill, K8TE

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