How is that going to work? Are you commanding the radio or talking to someone? Doesn't seem simple to me. 73 Fred, AE6QL
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard W. Solomon Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:05 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Touch-screen displays Simple answer ... provide speech recognition. Lots of cars have it built in. 73, Dick, W1KSZ -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w...@msn.com Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:44 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Touch-screen displays There is yet another major problem with those touch-screen displays. On mobile installations, they are very distracting, therefore very dangerous. If there isn't a labeled button for it, it isn't easy to use. Also, long presses to activate a function don't always work well when you are on a bumpy road, which describes a lot of our major highway and city streets these days, especially in southern Arizona. Meanwhile, one of the big problems even on base-station rigs is that you are still faced with MENU choices that can be several levels deep and completely non-intuitive. How much time do you want to spend just getting the radio ready to listen in your preferred mode? There can be literally hundreds of choices, some labeled in someones tech-speak. (When was the last time you referred to mic input gain as multi/ch or digital mode input level as dAtA DT GaIN - menu item 65 of 178?) Or worse yet, you select menu item 50, only to be told to press SUB to enable changing it. The KX3 isn't immune to this, either. It sometimes requires that you press and hold KHZ for 3 seconds to enable changing a setting. I started operating FLDIGI in RIGCAT mode specifically so I could create macros that would : [1] change the mode, [2] set rig frequency, [3] set display freq, [4] change the bandwidth, [5] display a message to the user, and [6] start auto-tune and do all this with ONE click of a labeled button. Ron W7HD Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: > I'm the same way, I work on complex stuff all day as well. > In my other Expensive Hobby I keep a Reef Aquarium. I've seen a lot of gizmos and gadgets come and go over the yearsand even I fell for a few of them, but more and more I have come full circle and back to the tried methods and equipment. > I think many at times fall for the latest gizmo or craze, then we > realize that it's not all it's cracked up to be. > > Touchscreens do have their place, but not on an HF rig (at least mine) > I prefer real buttons and knobs. > I bought the K-Line is because it was straightforward and not overly > (and unnecessarily complex) and somethingthat I could work on if it breaks. At the end of the day I want a radio that lets me hear the other guy, so I can talk to him. > > > > > > From: Phil Hystad<phys...@mac.com> > To: Jerry Moore<je...@carolinaheli.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; John Fritze<fritzej...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Icom IC-7300 > >> Personally I'm surrounded and use fancy tech all day long. When it's >> time to get on the air I want simple, straight up, and reliable. > > DITTO! > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@msn.com > > -- OMISS#9898 Linuxuser#415320 NAQCC#7587 My homepage: http://w7hd.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w1...@earthlink.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to fptowns...@earthlink.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
