Hi I've seen parts of the programming interface and it looks quite good. I think the K4 is posed to be one of the leading transceivers on the market with its open, and well documented and supported programming interface. Bring it on! 73 Tom va2fsq.com
-----Original Message----- From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> Sent: May 26, 2020 11:32 AM To: Tom <[email protected]> Cc: Andy Durbin <[email protected]>; Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Auto Information mode 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 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________ 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]
