Twitter is being used as a transmission medium in several applications I
know of ... one is a mechanism to spot yourself to SOTAWatch and/or
QRPSpots from a phone. I don't know how it works but I had to get a
Twitter account to use it.
I've never twitted [or whatever] other than spotting myself once or
twice, I never get twits, and so far as I know, no human being knows my
"twitname," which includes me -- I've forgotten it, it's in my phone. :-)
Regarding the proposed K4, and with full knowledge that it is a made-up
photo and does not propose to include social media:
1. There are no dimensions given, but looking at my K3, the proposed K4
would have to be quite a bit wider to look like it does. That would
definitely NOT be a feature for me.
2. I sort of like the same size knobs for VFO A and B, I don't consider
one or the other to be a "sub-VFO," I switch between them often [don't
have the second RX].
3. An integrated P3 might appeal to some but not me. I look at the P3
now way more than I look at the radio and I have it positioned where it
is easy and non-straining to switch from the computer to the P3. If I
had to look over at the radio all the time to see the panadapter, I'd
get a cramp in my neck.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, is in the "new radio"
pipeline at Elecraft since the company definitely does not have a
reputation of bringing out a new product that essentially replaces [and
thus makes obsolete] what you have now. I have the K3, a K2, and a KX1
... I use them in widely different situations, and together they give me
a whole range of operating possibilities. I think my K2 is about 12
years old [#4398], and so far, the only product that could even remotely
be considered as a possible replacement is the KX3, and that's really
"remote," they are very different radios.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
On 4/24/2014 3:42 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
I know there are hams who tweet their rare DX contacts, so it won't be
long before the rig or logging software will post those automatically to
whatever social media site you prefer. Something to look forward to... ;)
73,
Scott, N9AA
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