Joe, I sure hope Wayne and Paul are listening to you. They have a long list of things to do with the PX3/KX3 but your ideas should rise to the top of the list because they'll result in more sales for Elecraft.
This is the kind of low cost innovation and improvement they need while they figure out how to combat the IC-7300 where the PX3 and KXPA100 are effectively in the same box with only power and RF cords protruding. And the IC-7300 is just the first thrust of the Big Three Japanese players into our SDR future. I'm confident Eric and Wayne and their idea-rich support group will meet the challenge but it's not going to be easy and I'm glad to be retired from that competitive stress. While we wait for the K5, these are immediate benefits Elecraft can provide to the existing customer base -- something the Big Three Japanese folk aren't prepared for. -- Marc W8SDG On Jun 4, 2016, at 5:35 PM, wickedbeernut <[email protected]> wrote: >> How is turning the PX3 into a not very good facsimile of a laptop > "Advancing the State >> of the Art"? It's not a new idea either USB has been on radios for a >> decade or longer, >> same with Ethernet. The fact is you can't do everything the OP wants to do >> to a PX3 >> without raising the price significantly. Or...is it supposed to be >> free...in the true >> spirit of advancing the state of the art and the spirit of Ham Radio? > > You do understand the PX3 already has a USB port, correct? I’m talking > about plugging a $5.99 USB hub into the existing PX3 USB port in order to > leverage the existing keyboard and thumb drive support at the same time. > There’s no change to the PX3 hardware, only a minor firmware change. I’d > call that free. It may not advance the state of the art, but it’s certainly > in the true spirit of Ham Radio. > > Joe Stone > KF5WBO > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/PX3-Keyboard-Mouse-Thumb-Drive-and-Knob-Support-tp7618412p7618434.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
