Yeah, I had never noticed that button over to the far left. My mistake.
And I've received probably a dozen similar suggestions on how to
accomplish the same thing with multiple pieces of gear, which wasn't my
thought at all. I'm sorry I brought it up.
Dave AB7E
On 8/11/2019 6:09 PM, John Seboldt K0JD wrote:
First off, since when does WSJT-X not have a band change function?
Your idea is fun to think about, but you can get darn close with a
Raspberry Pi hooked up to your K3 or KX3 or whatever, remote
controlled from your smart phone via VNC.
John K0JD
On 8/10/2019 15:40, David Gilbert wrote:
I'm certain this is not an original idea, but I wonder if somebody
will ever come out with a dedicated all-in-one notebook-sized
portable rig for the FT-type digital modes. I'm pretty new to FT8/4
but I find it interesting that when I'm operating it all I ever do
with my K3 is turn it on and make band changes since everything else
is done on my computer. I wouldn't even need to do that much on the
K3 if WSJT-X had a button to make band changes.
Possibly such a unit might look like:
1. 12 volt operation (10 watts output) for portable use
2. large enough screen to be practical
3. running modified (mouseless) version of WSJT-X to allow up/down
arrow keys for:
a. band selection
b. frequency change in 2 KHz increments
c. mode selection
d. contact selection from activity window
e. TX1-TX6 sequence override
f. transmit enable/disable
4. a button to momentarily press for log, press/hold to autolog
5. USB port to run modified WSJT-X from flash drive for easy upgrade
and log transfer
6. internal antenna tuner (could be manual)
7. etc.
Rigs dedicated to specific modes have never been very popular, but I
suspect that FTx might change that and I suspect an integrated low
power SDR version could end up being fairly inexpensive. A side
advantage is that audio levels would be preset in hardware and we'd
see less overdrive situations. ;)
Anybody know if there is already something like this out there? I can
find small inexpensive transceivers designed for FT8, but they still
require a separate computer.
Just some ramblings on a rainy day ...
73,
Dave AB7E
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