YES, YES, YES, Sounds like my request from 2 years ago......Pse a BIG front panel for us old goats, contesters, etc....
jim K3SW On Nov 22, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > I would spring for a big front panel only (with some mounting > attachments) that remotes the K3 over a piece of CAT5. Unplug the > CAT5, it goes normal. Function of buttons configurable. Add a "null" > front to replace the regular front panel of the K3 together with a > back plane for the normal front panel to interface the normal front > panel to the rest of a K3. This would allow a seamless use of the > smaller or larger "remote" front panel. Add an internet front for the > radio and an internet back for the front panel , and run the radio > from anywhere over a LAN or the internet. Publish the interfacing and > let the world write K3 front panel programs for K3's with "null" front > panels. This would be in keeping with Elecraft's modular, only buy it > if you want it, approach. Put three or four radios up on the same CRT. > > 73, Guy. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, what the K3 really needs then is a contest oriented application on a >> computer. Maybe something rich like PowerSDR but works with the K3 in a >> manner where contesting features (logging and contest log management) along >> with sophisticated macro control from a visual controls perspective.>>> >> >> No. That would never fly for this application. >> >> Operators need buttons or toggle switches that serve one function. Hands are >> too busy. >> >> <<< >> Indeed, now that I think about it, this would be a great application if it >> were designed to be configurable per each contester. Arrangements of >> controls on the screen, sophisticated macro control via custom U/I, and >> other nifty features.>>> >> >> This is a different requirement, and may be one that totally conflicts with >> the target market. It may not be workable. >> >> Operators want a big panel, big knobs, and one easy to see and hit button >> that does one task. The last thing that sells into this application is a >> computer keyboard, mouse, or touch screen application. This is why people >> with ten or fifteen radios gravitate to the big boxes even though raw >> performance is less. >> >> <<Thus, instead of sitting in front of the K3 with its small format >> presentation and the overload commands on the buttons, the computer would be >> much more useful if all K3 functions were available.>> >> >> It would be much less useful. The computer screen is full of windows >> already, and clicking outside the window will stop the system from >> responding. >> >> What would be useful is a toggle switch from 1945. What would be painful is >> an iPad or keyboard function. :-) >> >> What would be super, but I realize can never happen, is a big front panel >> with one control for one function. What would be almost as good is being >> able to program buttons for dedicated single functions. Like I use M1-M4 for >> bandwidth changes. It is much better than the rotary knob to just poke a >> preset button. >> >> There are many things that never get used, but I am not aware of any way to >> program them to a different use. Like I never use the ATU, because I don't >> have one. I never use the ANT, only have one port. Never use the NB or NR, >> because with a crowded band it just kills RX performance. >> >> Moving things off the panel, unless it is something up out of the way on >> another dedicated panel, is not an option. >> >> 73 Tom >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
