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button and you have 1 button access to this from the radio. Only use
one press as further presses will move the txvfo as well. use the normal
I have tried it, it works. there may be a better way to code this macro
> stop, STOP, STOP. Please stop trying to tell me why I don't want a
> feature that I'm asking for! I KNOW how the spot works, I use it ALL
> the time, I KNOW how my RIT works, I use that all the time... I know
> when and how to use my Width control knob. I know when I can use my
> spot button with it.
>
> People, it's a freaking Spot and RIT combination that I'm looking for
> here. I'm not looking for any of you to tell me how I can do the same
> thing, when a simple one button push of the spot button will do
> EVERYTHING I'm asking for.
> You don't need to explain to me how I can tune in a second K3 to another
> band, listen to a harmonic, then hit my sub receiver on, then use the
> spot button while turning my 3rd receiver's vfo control to zero beat the
> signal..
>
> I just want the Spot button to simply work as a Zero beat control when
> the RIT button is on, WITHOUT moving my Transmit freq. I'll worry about
> how all the rest of the operations of my station function. It's
> really just that simple.
>
> Some of you guys on the reflector just want to make things harder than
> they need to be, I have to figure it's because you have an engineering
> degree, and don't know how to think like the "simple man".
>
> 1. This is why my mother took 12 years to figure out how to set the
> clock on her VCR. Too bad I had to take it away and replace it
> with a DVD player. I suspect it will take her another 10 to
> figure the menus out on that one too.
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 auto spot function
> > From:
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> > To:
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> > CC:
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> > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:48:44 +0000
> >
> > But auto spot can ONLY work on signals inside the passband to it cant
> > help in this situation in any case.
> > Presumably you are using a very narrow filter because you have nearby
> > strong signals
> > I don't see how it can help in this siutaton
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 00:53 +0000, The Smiths wrote:
> > > I DISSAGREE with you completely. When you use a 100/50Hz Narrow
> > > Bandwidth setting you NEED to have the other station Zero Beated or
> > > they fall out of the bandwidth area, or become hard to find with the
> > > Shift control.
> > >
> > > I don't know about you, but I've set my pitch control to a freq. that
> > > I enjoy hearing, or is best for my hearing. If I could QUICKLY and
> > > without work just tap a button and Zero Beat the person to the
> > > selected freq. that I know suites my hearing, I don't see this as an
> > > unnecessary feature. The spot button is used for EXACTALLY the same
> > > reason, just with Transmit now.. Why not allow it to do the same
> > > helpful thing with receive???
> > >
> > > Again, as I've said before, Don't turn it on if you don't find use for
> > > it. Yes, RIT works too, but just as the other person was saying in
> > > his original post, HE IS TONE DETH and can't tune in the signals to
> > > his pitch freq... that's why he uses the SPOT feature. This would
> > > allow him to have the same simple control with the RIT as well.
> > > For those of you that will argue that we have the CWT "goal post"
> > > indicator, I say this, I've found many times where it either doesn't
> > > work well, or it indicates a Zero beat when you are pretty far off.
> > >
> > > Again, this is an OPTION that can be used to HELP people. It doesn't
> > > offer ANY negative operations to your radio. Why people fight things
> > > so hard is just wondrous to me.
> > >
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