There is one overwhelming reason that we'll see touchscreens:
As radios become even more software driven, we'll see more and more new features added (like ESSB).
The engineers and developers have to find a way to add those functions to existing buttons (push this button 3 times, or go to a menu, or something), provide a radio with blank buttons (which makes that new radio look unfinished, or a "stripped" version of a more expensive rig).
... or use a technology that allows buttons to be painted on the screen -- so the front of the radio can evolve along with the radio itself.
I'm not ready for a rig that requires a separate device/computer to run. 73 -- Lynn On 3/28/2016 8:22 PM, Rick Robinson wrote:
I foresee Bluetooth or newer technology tablets or phone size units that control our radio as an option to control our radios . So touchscreen control seems like more than a fad.
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