Re: Love Those K3 Memories!

[wayne burdick]

Don wrote:

> My view of it is that it is not a space limited
> shortcoming. All that would need to happen would be to
> allow the M1-M4 to be updated as the transceiver is
> tuned....
>

Don,

I normally just tap BAND UP/DN, since I typically operate on just a few
closely spaced bands during the day, and a different set of closely
spaced bands at night. To me (as the UI designer), the added
convenience of per-band switches didn't seem a worthy complication of
the already multi-function keypad array. (So it's not a space issue --
it's a UI complexity issue.)

As Rick mentioned, you can also get quickly to a band of interest by
tapping M->V followed by 0..9, if you've stored a memory from each band
you use in these.

But let me toss out an idea. These first 10 memories *could* store
exactly the same thing as the normal band memories (those you get to by
tapping BAND UP/DN), but only for 10 bands (say 160-10 m). This
behavior could be specified using a future menu entry. It would give
you two-tap, per-band recall over the entire range.

I wouldn't ever assign this functionality to M1..M4, which are intended
to be fixed, per-band starting points for each mode, as Rick explained.
The field testers, as well as myself and the engineering staff, have
been using this scheme for weeks, and speaking strictly for me, we
really like it  :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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[Jeff Stai]

wayne burdick wrote:
> I wouldn't ever assign this functionality to M1..M4, which are intended
> to be fixed, per-band starting points for each mode, as Rick explained.
> The field testers, as well as myself and the engineering staff, have
> been using this scheme for weeks, and speaking strictly for me, we
> really like it  :)
>
and there are SO many of us who are SO ready to really like it too! :)

73! - jeff wk6i (1st batch!)

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[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> But let me toss out an idea. These first 10 memories *could* store
> exactly the same thing as the normal band memories (those you
> get to by tapping BAND UP/DN), but only for 10 bands (say 160-10 m).
> This behavior could be specified using a future menu entry. It would
> give you two-tap, per-band recall over the entire range.

10 bands is 160 - 6 (I don't count 60 <G>).  Using the first 10 memories
as the "last used" frequency for each band makes a lot of sense.  Adding
the ability to cycle through a four frequency per band stack for each key
would be even better.  

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of wayne burdick
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:24 AM
> To: Don Rasmussen
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Love Those K3 Memories!
>
>
> Don wrote:
>
> > My view of it is that it is not a space limited
> > shortcoming. All that would need to happen would be to
> > allow the M1-M4 to be updated as the transceiver is
> > tuned....
> >
>
> Don,
>
> I normally just tap BAND UP/DN, since I typically operate on
> just a few
> closely spaced bands during the day, and a different set of closely
> spaced bands at night. To me (as the UI designer), the added
> convenience of per-band switches didn't seem a worthy complication of
> the already multi-function keypad array. (So it's not a space
> issue --
> it's a UI complexity issue.)
>
> As Rick mentioned, you can also get quickly to a band of interest by
> tapping M->V followed by 0..9, if you've stored a memory from
> each band
> you use in these.
>
> But let me toss out an idea. These first 10 memories *could* store
> exactly the same thing as the normal band memories (those you
> get to by
> tapping BAND UP/DN), but only for 10 bands (say 160-10 m). This
> behavior could be specified using a future menu entry. It would give
> you two-tap, per-band recall over the entire range.
>
> I wouldn't ever assign this functionality to M1..M4, which
> are intended
> to be fixed, per-band starting points for each mode, as Rick
> explained.
> The field testers, as well as myself and the engineering staff, have
> been using this scheme for weeks, and speaking strictly for me, we
> really like it  :)
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
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