Whereas I think my old Drake TR-7 had the best UI of any radio I used!
Maybe I was just young and naive then, but it was simple to use and a real
performer.
I have a K3 on order and as I've said before I would willingly pay another
$1,000 for a bigger box with bigger knobs and buttons.
The size of the K3 doesn't bother me, actually it is a benefit to me. It is
going to replace my Yaesu FT-857 as my mobile radio. Due to a S-9 noise level
problem at my home QTH, operating is almost impossible, so I do all my
operating /M.
Mark M5MDH
I'll say this and then be quiet.
I find phrases like the following to be extremely offensive:
designers had K2-its
human factor... so often ignored by purist engineers...
attacks from rabid fans
experts (ex-spurts)
Real engineers seem to stall out when they try to confront intangible human
I'd sure try out the NB in the K3 and letting the rest of us know how it
does with the noise prob. Do you have a good handle on the source of the
noise?
( I used to live 100yds from the main steel towers (270KV) going into Los
Angeles, and they were about S7 when clean)
Al WA6VNN
And then there are those of use who are professional usability
engineers... Having met and talked at length with both Wayne and Eric
on several occasions, I suspect that they both know what they're doing.
Being intuitively obvious is always the goal but rarely achieved in
practice. And
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Elecraft designers had K2-its thinking they were mostly evolving a
K2 Big mistake as I said in an earler message The K3 has jumped
Elecraft into the areana of the ORION 2,
Exactly. Human factor=Flashy knobs. How else could you impress
a shack visitor if your radio had precious few knobs? Big seller
for off shore rigs..panel full of knobs the majority of which one
never touches after that first day when the radio arrived and there
was lots to play with.
FINALLY, something negative about the K3. Sounds odd, but I'm glad to
hear it. My fear is that this rig will be so good and so desirable that
demand will far outstrip supply for some time leading to shortages (I
won't be able to get one) and the possibility of lower quality due to
growing pains
Hello Craig,
For LF work I am using a Wandel Goltermann selective level meter.
The tuning knob measures a meagre 22 mm / 0.86 inch.
Nevertheless this has never bothered me as the tuning rate adjusts itself to
the tuning speed.
The tuning speed can be set to a step of either 1 Hz / 100 Hz.
Having never touched one, I'd agree that a 2.5 VFO knob would have been
a better choice than 1.5.
The Main VFO knob is 1.9 (4.8 cm) in diameter, not 1.5 (3.8 cm).
I find it every bit as comfortable to use as the VFO knobs on my other
base station targeted rigs.
73,
Lyle KK7P
Charles said:
Elecraft designers had K2-its thinking they were mostly evolving a
K2 Big mistake as I said in an earler message
This is incorrect. The K3 designers had a clean sheet of paper. As I said
in my NCJ article,
Not at all an upgraded K2, this is an entirely new radio
Joe, aa4nn wrote:
Exactly. Human factor=Flashy knobs.
NEW Q SIGS:
QKN? How many knobs does your radio have?
QKK? How many of them do you actually know how to use?
I find that my KLR [knob learning rate] on a new radio is about 1 K/M
[knob per month]. I would like to finish the learning
Rick, I too want to watch Elecraft evolution as a company. Niche marketing
is especially interesting to me.
I know it is a personal factor, but I want a separate mode switch, and
separate instant selection band switches. Leaving these off a high end rig
has no excuse and altho die hard
Charles Harpole wrote:
Elecraft designers had K2-its thinking they were mostly evolving a
K2 Big mistake as I said in an earler message The K3 has jumped
Elecraft into the areana of the ORION 2, FT-9000 and IC-7800 and great
specs are great, but the human factor... so often
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