Hmmm...I'm envisioning a modular front panel where you move modules around, they plug into a common buss and then you label the modules' one line display with some macro data input to the radio. A bigger K pod with one line labels would be nice too. As long as we're dreaming...
Chuck KE9UW [email protected] Sent from my iPad > On May 25, 2019, at 12:00 PM, W0FK <[email protected]> wrote: > > wayne burdick wrote >> Hi Rick, >> >> Good question. Based in part on a survey of potential users, we chose to >> put the RIT/XIT knob at bottom right -- also a traditional location, one >> that matches that of the K3/K3S/KX2/KX3. VFO B is less often used in >> practice. That said, the radio is only 4.5" tall and both knobs are very >> comfortably used in these locations. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR > > I had earlier posted my surprise that the VFO B tuning knob wasn't adjacent > to the VFO knob. That's been a "typical" location for many years across many > radios. Yaesu's FT1000D and FT1000MP Mark V, Ten-Tec Orion, Icom IC-7800, > etc. From my perspective, the location in the lower right is more convenient > for tuning VFO B (transmit frequency) with dual receive to locate where the > DX station is listening in split operations. Granted, with a KPOD, the > location of VFO B tuning becomes moot as tuning control is at my > fingetrtips. But absent a KPOD, reaching up isn't quite as convenient and > you can't rest your wrist on the desk to tune. > > If I were designing the radio, I'd move the VFO B knob down to the lower > right, use a larger knob, put RIT immediately above that, and move the 4 > buttons up where the VFO knob is currently located. > > 73 > > Lou, W0FK > > > > ----- > St. Louis, MO > > "The difference between stupidity and genius is that > genius has its limits." Albert Einstein > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
