I want to talk about the best mike to use wit my K3 Bob K3DJC
n Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:12:05 -0500 "Terry Schieler" <[email protected]> writes: > Apparently so, Bob. Hard to believe this many Elecrafters were > absent when we beat this "Touch Screen" dead horse to death three > weeks ago. ;o) > > Terry, W0FM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 8:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Fw: Re: New products > > > > > this is going to go on for a while isnt it > > Bob K3DJC > > > > I have a new car with Touchscreen controls. When the engine is off, > I see all the finger marks. Ugh. No touchscreen for me. > > 73, > Ron, K5HM > [email protected] > www.qrz.com/db/k5hm > > Excelsior! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jerry More > Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 9:06 PM > To: John <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New products > > Oh,, and I wanted to point out that if you are using a computer with > CAT then most software packages allow you to operate with keyboard > shortcuts to QSY, tune up, tune down, change modes, filters..etc.. > all up to your imagination depending on the software and your > needs. > Jer > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Jerry Moore > Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 5:05 PM > To: John; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New products > > Adding $100 or more to add a touchscreen ui to a radio provides very > little value in my view, is silly. The radio cost to value ratio is > very low (meaning the value is high). The only exception I can see > would be integrating the P3 as an option (hopefully enhancing with a > micro computer/ssd for logging, digital, extended macros...etc, > basically what I'm doing now with a raspberry pi). > > So that is if the cost is comparable to getting the P3. > > Without the features of the P3 integrated; who changes settings so > often that the included programmable macro buttons aren't enough? > > On June 5, 2016 4:35:26 PM EDT, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha, Elecraft needs to progress at some stage, or get left behind. > > Touch screen UI is and has been extensively used - 3 billion touch > screen smart phones out there, 1.2 billion touch screen tablets. I > can see you all reaching for your keyboards to protest that phones > and tablets are not the same thing. Well, touch screen UI have also > moved over to commercial products, the military and airline pilots > also use touch screen UI communication devices. If they are good > enough to be used on commercial aircraft and in military > applications, then it sure is good enough for ham radio. > Touch screen UI panels having become so prolific, that they have > dropped the cost enormously, resolution is picture sharp and > reliability is extremely good. > Touch screens have huge potential, and almost unlimited versatility. > If you need more knobs or buttons on your rig, due to new features > having been added no problem with a touch screen. > Just a firmware update to add a knob, button, slider or meter onto > the screen. > The problem with conventional rigs, is you run out of physical knobs > and buttons when features are added to the radio. I see this in my > KX3 - some knobs have three functions, and to try and remember what > each knobs second or third function does, becomes difficult. > > Food for thought :-) > > 73 > John > > > > > On 5 Jun 2016, at 10:13 PM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Don, > > I suspect that having redesigned a rig with touch screen capability > the manufacturer would, in a short period of time realize the error > of their ways. Hopfully they would still have enough capital to > revert to the original design and fire the person responsible for > the change. > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:37:42 -0400, you wrote: > Lynn, > > Please tell us how a touchscreen interface can enhance usability for > blind operators. > Elecraft has made a commitment for such usability for all their > radios with those blind operators particularly in mind. > A GUI interface means nothing to those who cannot see it. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/5/2016 3:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: > A radio with only physical knobs and buttons severely limits future > upgradability, and leads to crazy button combinations to turn things > on and off that weren't even a dream when the radio was originally > released. > > Touch screens may not be always convenient, but they're much more > flexible than a silk-screened metal panel. > > I realize that knobs and buttons are a religion for some, but it's > really time to lighten up, folks. > > Either that or for Elecraft to release a rig with a whole bunch of > "empty" buttons and sell stickers to update the front panel when the > firmware grows to need them. > > On 6/5/2016 10:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Also, can we pllease, for the love of all that is holy, not do the > touch screen GUI? 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