Elecraft K3 Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 52)

52
Menu Functions
There are two groups of menu functions: MAIN and CONFIG. Tap M E N U to access the MAIN menu; hold
C O N F IG to access the CONFIG menu. You can also hold C O N F IG to switch from one menu to the other. Menu
entries that you’d like quick access to can be assigned to programmable function switches (pg. 21).
Tapping D IS P while viewing the menu shows usage information in the VFO B display area. For most entries,
the default parameter value is shown in parentheses at the start of the help text.
MAIN Menu
Entry Default Description
AFX MD Delay 5 Audio Effects. Selections: DEL AY 1-5 (quasi-stereo); BIN (L/R phase shift)
ALARM OFF Set alarm/Auto-Power-On time. Tap 1 to turn alarm on/off; tap 2 / 3 to set HH / MM .
LCD ADJ 8 LCD viewing angle and contrast. Use higher settings if the radio is used at or above
eye level. If adjusted incorrectly, bar graphs will be too light or heavy during keying.
LCD BRT 6 LCD backlight brightness. Use DAY in bright sunlight, 2 to 8 for indoor lighting.
LED BRT 4 LED brightness (relative to LCD backlight brightness). Exception: if LCD BRT is
set to
DAY , LEDs are set to their maximum brightness.
MIC SEL FP, low
range,
bias off
Mic/line transmit audio source, mic gain range, and mic bias. Source selections:
FP (front panel 8-pin MIC jack), RP (rear panel 3.5 mm MIC jack), and LIN E IN
(rear-panel LINE IN jack). Tap 1 to toggle between . L ow and . H igh mic gain range
for the selected mic. Tap 2 to turn mic BIA S on/off (turn on for electret mics).
For the front-panel mic only, tap 3 to turn on an additional gain stage. Use this only
with very low-output mics. An apostrophe will appear after the H , e.g. H’ .
MIC+LIN OFF If set to ON , and MIC SEL is set for FP or RP , the present mic OR line input can
be used for transmit audio. NOTE: Setting MIC SEL to LIN E overrides the
MIC+LIN menu entry (its parameter becomes "N-A"). When MIC+LIN is in effect,
rotating the MIC control shows MIC gain. The op has to set MIC SEL to
LIN E
temporarily to adjust LINE IN gain.
MSG RPT 6 Message repeat interval in seconds ( 0 to 255 ). To repeat a message, hold M 1 – M 4
rather than tap. A 6 - 10 sec. interval is about right for casual CQing. Shorter
intervals may be needed during contests, and longer for periodic CW beacons.
RPT OFS 600 Sets the transmit offset (in kHz) for repeater operation, from 0 to 500 0 kHz. Store
per-band and per-memory. Use A L T to select a +/- offset or simplex operation.
RX EQ +0 dB,
each
band
Receiver audio graphic equalizer. VFO A is used as an 8-band bar graph, showing
boost or cut
(-1 6 dB to +16 dB in 1 dB increments) for each AF band. The 8 bands
are 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1.6, 2.4 and 3.2 kHz. Tap 1 - 8 to select an AF band. VFO
A selects boost/cut. Tap C L R to reset all bands to +0 dB.
CW RX EQ is separate from RX EQ for voice modes. Not applicable to DATA.
TX EQ +0 dB,
each
band
Transmit audio graphic equalizer (voice modes only). Functions the same as RX EQ,
above. TX EQ can be adjusted during transmit.
SSB TX EQ is separate from TX EQ for other voice modes. Not applicable to
CW or DATA modes.
VOX GN 0 Adjusts the sensitivity of the VOX to match your mic and voice.
ANTIVOX 0 Adjusts immunity of the VOX circuit to false triggering by speaker audio.