On Apr 14, 2016, at 11:55 AM, "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote:
> > Very nice addition to the lineup. Congrats to the team. > > I never thought I needed such a thing; but now I see that it is absolutely > indispensable. Of course I¹ll buy one. > > Having said that, and not at all meaning to be critical or ungrateful, I¹d > like to wonder aloud why we still need cables - and the K-pod will add two > more to the unruly collection already hiding behind my desk, as I read > what¹s been printed so far. (Do I have that part right?) Computer > hardware manufacturers pretty much gave up on inter-unit cabling long ago, > thank goodness. Is there a reason why RF equipment couldn¹t do the same? > Please take this as a serious question, not a complaint. I¹d be > interested in knowing the technical challenges to making it happen. Hi Ed, It can be just a single cable if you make the simple mod to the rig's front panel that provides power to the pod. Wifi or bluetooth would have added a lot to the cost, not to mention the requirement to put a battery in the pod. The optical encoder uses 30 mA so you'd end up charging it a lot -- by connecting a cable. Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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
