I should have clarified: the K4 will exhibit 100% AI ("auto-info") control and
far faster update speeds.
Wayne
> On May 26, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> This will also be true of the K4.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>> On May 26, 2020, at 8:27 AM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> A little trivia: The AI mode in the Elecraft radios is far from complete.
>> Only a small subset of commands are available.
>> On Yaesu radios, everything done on the radios is supported with AI and you
>> see orders of magnitude faster performance. In fact it is so fast that you
>> need to implement handshaking on the serial ports to prevent slower
>> computers from buffering the incoming commands. On a Hexa Core I7-9800 CPU
>> usage can hit 30% as it keeps up with all of the commands coming in when you
>> turn the VFO dial rapidly. The resting CPU usage is 1% since no polling is
>> occurring. The AI command is great especially since most of the traffic is
>> usually just the s meter. So very good meter performance.
>> 73 Tom va2fsq.com
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