Elecraft KX3 Guide for Blind Operators - Manual (Page 3)

SWITCH FUNCTIONS
At the far left of the control panel is a single vertical column of six switches. These are listed below
in top-to-bottom order. Each switch has a pair of functions: TAP and HOLD.
Audio-Morse characters that are heard on switch activation are shown in double quotes in
the descriptions that follow.
Tap: BAND+ (“m FFFFF”; m is the mode, e.g. C=CW, and FFFFF is the VFO A freq. in kHz)
Hold: STORE (CW UI TBD)
Tap: BAND- (see BAND+)
Hold: RCL (CW UI TBD)
Tap: FREQ ENT (“F?”, then the entered digits or decimal point; see Numeric Keypad below)
Hold: SCAN (“SC”; if 3-second hold, “AF” for non-muted scan, error beep if a memory recall
has not been done prior to starting scan)
Tap: MSG (message play; after “N?” user taps 1-6); this is also the numeric keypad ʻEnterʼ key
Hold: REC (message record; after “N?” user taps 1-6 and enters CW or DVR message)
Tap: ATU TUNE (CW UI TBD); this is also the numeric keypad decimal-point key
Hold: ANT (“NA” for now; the external ATU with dual antenna jacks isnʼt yet available)
Tap: XMIT (low beep); numeric keypad ʻ0ʼ
Hold: TUNE – keydown, not ATU tune (medium+high beep on start tune, “X” on exit from tune)
There are six additional switches along the bottom edge of the front panel, just to the right of the
XMIT / TUNE switch. Each *pair* of adjacent switches has a knob above them; these are
described later. The six switch functions are as follows:
Tap: PRE (“P”); numeric keypad ʻ1ʼ
Hold: NR (CW UI TBD)
Tap: ATTN (“A”); numeric keypad ʻ2ʼ
Hold: NB (“NB”)
Tap: APF – audio peaking filter (“AP”); numeric keypad ʻ3ʼ
Hold: NOTCH – manual notch (“NT”); see below for notch center-pitch adjustment
Tap: SPOT (low beep followed by sidetone pitch, RX unmated); numeric keypad ʻ4ʼ
Hold: CWT— CW/data tuning aid) (“CT”); not presently useful for blind operators
Tap: CMP – speech compression (“CP”); numeric keypad ʻ5ʼ; see below for CP adjustment
Hold: PITCH (sidetone in CW mode, Fc for data modes)
Tap: DLY – VOX or QSK delay adjust (“DL”); numeric keypad ʻ6ʼ; see below for delay adjust
Hold: VOX (VOX = “V”, PTT = “PT”)