For me, that would be ham radio hell. My ideal radio has knobs. A big
one for tuning, little ones for other things. Knobs and buttons. I'm not
knocking Flex at all, but if that were the only radio or all radios
worked like that, I'd just do woodworking.
Some people like tuning. Some people like point-and-shoot. Knobs for the
former, panadapters for the latter. Don W3FPR lamented earlier that hams
no longer seem to know how to wire up a simple cable with a different
connector at each end. I lament that hams no longer seem to be able to
tune or enjoy the experience.
I think Elecraft understands both kinds of hams.
Eric KE6US
On 4/17/2019 12:30 PM, Allan Zadiraka wrote:
I agree with Victor's comments. I am all in favor of the elimination of
the all-in-one, big box rigs. No vendor in the amateur radio market can be
the premiere supplier in all areas even though Elecraft is trying hard. I
don't consider them the best panadapter HMI vendor or best paddle
manufacturer. What I would consider ideal is a rig, computer, and other
"boxes" which sit behind or below the operating desk (or at a remote
site). On the desk, a keyboard, mouse and/or trackball, an advanced KPod
with a few more knobs and customizable LCD keys for the major rig control
and antenna functions and monitor(s) for the waterfall, frequency
readouts, SWR/POWER indicators, RF waveform display and logging displays.
An enclosure to corral all the miscellaneous "boxes" and their wiring would
also be nice.
zeke, ab8oou
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 1:13 AM Vic Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote:
All this talk about onboard computers (or not) and operating systems in
the K4 has me thinking.
My K3 is serial no. 0007. I have had it since the beginning, and with a
few simple upgrades, it is almost as capable as a new K3S. But the
computers I had back then are long gone.
What I would like to have in the K4 is a backplane architecture. The
entire radio except for a control head would be located on plugin boards
that could be swapped out easily for testing, customizing, or upgrading.
The ENTIRE radio. The K3 goes in this direction, but not far enough.
One of the options would be an onboard computer. You could use the rig
without it or with an external computer if you wish. Maybe it would come
with some version of Linux, but you could put another version of Linux or
Windows on it if you wanted. You could upgrade it easily when it became
obsolete.
Yes, this would cost more. But with the savings available from modern
automated surface mount construction, maybe it’s possible.
Victor 4X6GP
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