>> Flex 5000: GREAT specs, zero radio-ness. One method of "tuning the >> band" is to use a "hand tool" (like you use on a pdf file) and you >> "pull" the band across your display (like Goole Maps). Very, ummmm, >> different. User interface (tactile) is all but lacking.
>Just get three of those sexy USB knobs. There should be a way to bind >them to the various knob-functions in software. This is one of the problems I have with the whole SDR concept. I don't quite understand the attractiveness of a radio where the UI has just been ignored or placed onto a device that is not really designed for the task. It's like they're saying "We're smart enough to do all this great RF design but we just can't handle the human interface. (In fact we'll even leave a lot of the RF design up to you.)" The PC is a non-optimum (but convenient) UI for many of the things we ask it to do. This is definitely one of them. When you have to start adding physical knobs and switches it seems obvious to me that you're admitting that you're trying to use the wrong tool for the job. For example, I'm a pilot and when I do my recurrent training we don't use Microsoft Flight Simulator even though it does an excellent job of simulating real flying characteristics. We get inside a big box that has a mock-up of a real instrument panel and real flight controls. The designers of these devices know that clicking a button with your mouse on a picture of a panel isn't the same as pressing the real button on a real panel. I'm just not impressed with a product that does a half-baked job of UI design. Craig NZ0R _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
