tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post6070733228662328154..comments2023-09-30T14:59:05.385+01:00Comments on G4ILO's Blog: Death of 20m incorrectly reportedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-32792765162213717812010-12-09T12:52:54.435+00:002010-12-09T12:52:54.435+00:00Oh I totally agree. Whether it's hardware or s...Oh I totally agree. Whether it's hardware or software any device or program that tries to second guess what I want to do gets it wrong at least 50% of the time and is unintuitive. For example why do so many programs assume if I click in an edit box containing text that I want the entire text selected, so that as soon as I type it replaces the entire text instead of inserting where I clicked. If I click in an edit box I'm trying to insert the cursor there. That's all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-62410571528483973462010-12-09T12:36:18.768+00:002010-12-09T12:36:18.768+00:00On re-reading, I should have worded that like...
...On re-reading, I should have worded that like...<br /><br />"This is totally bonkers logic because no" HARDWARE "worth its salt should make assumptions about the" SOFTWARE "so when changing the frequency is should" ONLY CHANGE THE FREQUENCY AND NOT "set the mode" which was NOT requested by the software.Lynn (D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13946330136544635525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-1400597102050335172010-12-09T12:32:17.077+00:002010-12-09T12:32:17.077+00:00And why is it always the software that has to fix ...And why is it always the software that has to fix or work around the hardware's "features"? Personally, I'd consider a radio that changes modes to whatever I last used on the band to be obnoxious and overly protective. If I'm doing CW on one band and switch to another band, why should the hardware make assumptions about what I'm going to do on that new band? Which is more likely, that I'd want to do the mode I did the last time I was on that band or the mode I was doing just before the band switch. Personally, I believe it more "correct" to let the user at the controls control the radio and not be switching modes with the bands.<br /><br />But then, software is always easier to change than hardware, so we programmers always get to pick up the slack and work around the hardware "features" (a euphemism for "defects").<br /><br />Just my $0.02 for whatever it's worth these days...Lynn (D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13946330136544635525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-42458142655294381632010-12-09T11:41:03.551+00:002010-12-09T11:41:03.551+00:00I agree about the antenna switching as well. Most ...I agree about the antenna switching as well. Most of the time my B antenna is connected to my K2. I really would like an option to disable the unused port, not just to avoid the problem you mention but also to prevent accidental activations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-20875787807323338312010-12-09T11:35:03.269+00:002010-12-09T11:35:03.269+00:00I could not agree with you more Julian, there have...I could not agree with you more Julian, there have been many times my K3 I thought had a problem. I would check the manual, cycle the radio on and off and in fact the rig was in a mode that I was using the day before. Another one that upsets me is the antenna A/B. More times than I can count I have changed bands and instead of being on my dipole in the attic I am on the vertical (that is not hooked up at the time) as that was the last antenna on that band. I key and the SWR is out of this world. I am used to looking for the A/B antenna setup now but at first it really threw me.VE9KK https://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.com