I'm with Chris. I like knobs too but touch screens are here to stay. Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad
> On Sep 3, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Chris Hallinan <challi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll add my $0.02. I'm not a huge fan of touch screen for the same reasons > John mentions. However, I would surely welcome a more modern color screen > on my K3. Maybe even a few programmable touch buttons in a similar fashion > to the buttons across the bottom of the P3. > > Hey, we all bought into the Elecraft performance story, and voted with our > dollars. But who wouldn't want a more modern look and feel, which by > definition means a color graphics screen. That sentiment has been echoed > before on this list, and I'm a newbie here, less than a year. > > Here's a crazy idea: Take the P3 display and put it into the K3. And then > I wouldn't have to purchase a separate unit just for a panadapter. I bet > I'm not alone when I say my operating space has much competition for prime > desktop real estate!!! The idea of a separate standalone panadapter is > pretty "old school" ;) What modern high performance rig doesn't have one > built in? Don't bash me on that, I voted with my $$$, I'm a proud K3/P3 > owner. But I can have a wish list, can't I? ;) > > -Chris > K1AY > >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:06 AM, John Fritze <fritzej...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> While I think touch screen technology is neat, and perhaps faster, my main >> complaint is the screen is always filthy with finger oils. Yes I can wipe >> it off, but experience with an AVmap GPS, my Galaxy 5, an Ipad and a >> Windows 8,1 laptop tells me that touch screen is not always the best >> solution. I like my screens clear and clean because if sun or incandescent >> light hits at an angle it is difficult to read when full of smudges. >> >> -- >> John Fritze Jr >> K2QY >> k...@arrl.net >> ACACES president 2014 >> ARES ENY DEC Northern District >> Hudson Div. Asst. Director >> Twitter: @k2qy >> 401 261 4996 (cell) >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 challi...@gmail.com > > > > -- > Life is like Linux - it never stands still. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 b.den...@comcast.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
