The mini pan is a particular favorite of mine. I use it often, especially when running, trying to get the off-frequency stuff. Wish the display would show a vertical bar for the RIT frequency…
Tom W4KX Sent from my iPad > On Aug 8, 2021, at 11:12 AM, Rick Tavan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Although I've been field testing the K4D for quite a while now, I still find > little things to marvel at. In this weekend's NAQP CW, for instance, I really > appreciated these gems: > Logging with N1MM, operating SO2V (single operator, 2 VFOs), I often tap the > tilde/grave key to turn the sub-receiver on and off. With K3 and some > non-Elecraft radios, this doesn't work or doesn't work very well when > transmitting, but I often want to change sub-rx state in anticipation of > message completion. With my K4D, it always worked. Sometimes it didn't take > effect instantly, but within a second or so the SUB LED would change state > and at the end of my transmission the sub-rx was always in the desired state. > Very slick. > The mini-pan was very valuable to keep an eye on my run frequency. I could > see encroaching signals, even sometimes when I couldn't hear them, and adapt > my CQ timing or even my frequency slightly to meet the challenge. > The main panadapter Rx A and B cursors move smoothly while transmitting, even > though the spectrum display and waterfall are appropriately frozen on the > signals that were present at the beginning of the transmission. That let me > tune in the next signal I wanted to check out, typically on the sub-rx, > before message transmission completed, typically on the main rx frequency. > With or without QSK (or semi-breakin with Delay=0), this was a big time saver. > The K*Pod worked well. I rarely had to reach out and touch the radio. I had > implemented Band Up and Band Down buttons that work almost like the BAND > rocker switch on K3. Still can't map out unused bands, but I think that will > happen eventually. Meanwhile, it's sometimes two taps instead of one, not a > big deal. > This was using the latest field test software release, which will go to > public beta Real Soon Now, but I think most of these capabilities have been > in prior public releases. K4 is an SDR, so it will continue to evolve for > years to come. But the ergonomics are already quite good. K4 wait-listers - > hang in there; good things are coming! > > 73, > > /Rick N6XI > > > -- > Rick Tavan > Truckee and Saratoga, CA > _._,_._,_ > Groups.io Links: > You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#4273) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This > Topic | New Topic > Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [[email protected]] > > _._,_._,_ ______________________________________________________________ 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]
