Guy I have one of the new Alpha 4040 auto tuners on order and it has one of the touch screens on it with a lot that it controls. I do mean a lot of different things including a smith chart display. I am holding my opinion on this touch screen till I finally receive it. My Smartphone's have had them for a long time your right about the prices I would think.
As most of you know the new soon to be released Icom 7100 has a touch screen on it, it is the replacement for the IC-7000 and I'm going to have one if they are ever released. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guy Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Musings on a "K4" "The TS-990 still has no test results released yet and I personally have no use for 130+ knobs and buttons that may only be used once during setup for many." Just for concept discussion, it would be really interesting to use a TFT LCD 5" hi-res color touch screen as part of a new front panel for the K3. Just a new front panel interface with a lot of the "knob" functions accessible as a touch menu items on the screen. Because of the hi-volume use of this technology in the cellphone industry, prices should be low, and software development libraries mature. This would then open up a significant advance in the GUI and features available in the radio, like maybe a limited bandscope. I have no idea if this is code-compatible with the existing K3? But nonetheless fun to dream about..... Guy/N7UN -- Guy/N7UN http://www.n7un.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3162/5850 - Release Date: 05/23/13 ______________________________________________________________ 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
