This purpose-designed digital transceiver for FT8 (and other digital modes) has received some attention recently: https://midnightdesignsolutions.com/phaser/ <https://midnightdesignsolutions.com/phaser/> Not exactly revolutionary, but compact QRP design needing only a laptop - or even something like a Raspberry Pi - to use with digital modes.
And a number of years ago a fully self contained ultra portable PSK31 transceiver was shown at Hamvention: https://www.silentsystem.jp/handypsk.htm <https://www.silentsystem.jp/handypsk.htm> http://forum.radioamateur.ca/index.php?topic=8379.0 <http://forum.radioamateur.ca/index.php?topic=8379.0> Steve aa8af > On Feb 21, 2021, at 10:36 PM, Doug Millar via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been wondering for some time- How will FT8 change ham radio equipment? > Right off I imagine a radio and computer in one box maybe with the display. > (FT8 should vastly simplify the first interface with the radio, with menus > reaching deeper into its control. Most of today's designs are not well enough > integrated and I think are hampered by preconceptions. Nor do they take > advantage of graphic user interfaces that are common in say cell phones. I > think it could be one box with voice and touch control with keyboard and > mouse optional. How about an internal projector so that the screen can be > projected onto another surface making monitors optional? If it is going to be > worth it, It has to be not different but do things differently. > Has anyone else had any thoughts? ______________________________________________________________ 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]
