Re: KX3 having a PTO?

Posted by wayne burdick on
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-having-a-PTO-tp6438460p6438511.html

No. The VFO A knob is connected to a high-quality optical shaft  
encoder whose position is read by the KX3's microcontroller. The  
frequency of operation (down to the nearest Hz) is then sent to the  
synthesizer.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Richard Fjeld wrote:

> I don't know if it was here, or Yahoo, that I saw a post where the  
> author referred to the KX3 as having a PTO.  I hate to ask if this  
> is true?  Please, let be no. (What a thought.)
>
> Dick, n0ce
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> I'd rather be learning.
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