Hi there! Isn't this the niche the K-Pod was supposed to fill? Fully programmable external control with additional outputs for station control?
73, Byron N6NUL (sorry for the dup, Emory) On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Emory Schley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ron, AC7AC, wrote, under another subject heading: "I'm not bothered by > choosing between a dozen switches but sorting through half a dozen menu items > to change one gives me a headache." > > That pretty much sums up my attitude as well, and I've heard other hams– MANY > other hams– complain about menus, but I don't recall ever hearing anyone > complain about excess knobs, buttons, dials, etc. Reading Ron's thoughts made > me wonder out loud, why can't Elecraft or some third party make a "magic box" > that would be completely impotent by itself, but with the capability to mate > up to one of these small miniaturized wonders like the KX2 or KX3, and which > would contain oodles of manual controls for virtually every function the > parent rig is capable of providing? > > This would NOT impact the normal functioning of the parent rig, but would act > as an accessory for those who eschew menus and such, and who like their rigs > bigger, bulkier and in more traditional formats. I envision a box of > switches, buttons, knobs, perhaps even gauges that would be cable-fed (or > wi-fied) from the little parent rig sitting behind the magic box. Its size > would be whatever was necessary to accommodate the design and would resemble > a normal-sized base station. You could conceivably have a separate control > for each function the parent rig provides, or if logic dictated, then several > controls might be multi-purpose. > > Then an op could have the best of both worlds. He/she could use his/her > KX2/KX3 as a portable rig in the normal way, but when returned to the home > station, it could be plugged back into the magic box to power it in a more > expansive and convenient manner. > > Elecraft seems to always be on the lookout for new products. Here's one they > might be able to put on the market, up and running, quickly because most of > the engineering has already been worked out for the parent rig. > > Emory Schley > N4LP > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 7-8 Oct 2017 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ 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]
