Amen Bob, I totally agree. With an API to the K4 and the I/Q output over the LAN, applications that are much better at what they do, can interface and get access to everything they need in the K4. I can't imagine community support or Elecraft support starting with the question: What hodgepodge of apps are you running on the embedded linux OS of your K4? "Well, I'm running a Chromium Browser, a Chess Game, Tetris, a graphical Rubik's Cube and Spotify for Linux so I can listen to Taylor Swift while working DX and running stations in a contest." Why do you ask? ;)
To quote a famous software/hardware engineering quote we all love and know: "Eventually Elecraft will shoot the software engineers and ship the product". It sounds like it's getting close but I'm happy to wait for the finishing touches for the first release. Let's worry about running Spotify on our K4 and listening to Johnny Cash, Megadeath or Metallica while operating the radio until release #2 of a K4 Linux OS image. However, maybe Elecraft should support my favorite Financial Market active trader program so I can get streaming real-time market data quotes on my K4 display and also NASDAQ Level 2 quotes and time and sales data as I try to play market maker while operating a contest day trading. I think we really need that as an embedded app running on the K4, don't you? Makes perfect sense. Max NG7M On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:22 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: > Thoughts on this. I would expect the K4 to be a high performance > product in both the on air performance and the communications interface > performance. I would not expect it to have any embedded applications > as there are just to dang many; CW ones, Digital, ones, Logging ones, > and etc. Everybody has there favorites of each of these. > > Trying to embed just a few applications raises the question of "what > few?". We all use an outboard computer to do station house keeping. I > say keep it that way and every one can then use their favorite > application. I'd speculate if there were a number of applications > embedded, then Elecraft would have to ship a "crying towel" with every > radio. There are just those folks that seemed not to be pleased, > regardless of what ever it is in front of them. As 'tis said; "one can > please part of the people part of the time and all of the people none of > the time". Lets just keep the radio doing what a radio should do and > the computer keeping the operator happy with what ever application they > so choose. > > Happy New Year to all > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > On 12/31/2019 10:24 AM, Barry wrote: > > If Elecraft makes the K4 I&Q data avail in MME format, there will be > > no need to implement these on the radio itself. They can all reside on > > the computer that is used for control and whatever else. It will be > > basically like running with a KX3. > > > > 73, > > Barry > > K3NDM > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- M. George ______________________________________________________________ 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]
