Huh. Maybe it isn't a sighted thing that I just wouldn't understand after all. Or else Ken is an honorary blind guy. ...
-- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: bu...@brannan.name > On May 30, 2017, at 6:37 PM, Ken K6MR <k...@outlook.com> wrote: > > And now for something completely different (regarding K3/P3 displays): > Since I rarely look at the radio display when operating, I don’t need/want > fancy colors/fonts/graphics. All I need is Info that is easy to read when I > need it. Same for the P3. Give me what I need with a minimum of fuss. Also > easy to focus on after many hours without sleep. > And please: no touch screens. The last thing I need is a bunch of greasy > fingerprints all over the display. And I need my hands to stay on the > keyboard(s). Minimal motion and all that stuff. > And the same can be said for P3 mouse point and click. This is radio, not a > video game. > And now back to your regular conversation…. ;^) > > Ken K6MR > > From: Phil Hystad<mailto:phys...@mac.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:18 PM > To: Thom<mailto:k...@ki8w.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Display is Dated... > > Besides my K3 & P3, I also have an Icom IC-7300. The touch color display of > the IC-7300 is essentially the same size as the P3 and I think the P3 is a > little tiny bit larger of maybe 1/8th inch larger diagonal measure. The > information on the IC-7300 is basically the same as the combo of the K3 and > P3 although different display options (mostly on the 7300) makes this a > dubious comparison. > > But, I think that the entire P3 display could be used as a full K3+P3 display > however I am betting that all the information necessary to drive the K3 > display is not available to the P3 and not practical to create an interface > to handle it. > > My two-bits on the matter. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > >> On May 30, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Thom <k...@ki8w.com> wrote: >> >> I was turning the knob on a K3S at Dayton and thought to myself...this looks >> like the display on my 10 year old Kenwood TS-570D. Come to think of it >> maybe Kenwood needs to update the displays on most of there radios too. >> >> 73 >> >> Thom KI8W >> >> >> >> On 5/30/2017 17:36, ke9uw wrote: >>> I was wondering if the K3 display could be replaced by an updated display, >>> one that looks like the ones on the newest rigs from Japan. Could it be >>> displayed on the monitor connected to the svga on P3? Just wondering :) >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Chuck, KE9UW >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Display-is-Dated-tp7631264.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: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 k...@ki8w.com >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 phys...@mac.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 k...@outlook.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 bu...@brannan.name ______________________________________________________________ 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
