If you ever used one of the 756 series rigs, you know just how nice the display is, and its nice having it all in one box and not having to move/carry a screen along if you move things.
You can put a lot of information on a screen like that, and icom was smart enough to also use a real mechanical meter along with the very nice display. The band scope is a very nice feature, although you might not think so till you use one, but its only part of the nice display. You can turn it off and copy rtty, access all kinds of options, show loads of very detailed info at the same time, etc. Its not a big box, but it is quite heavy. The 756 pro series is a very nice radio, except for its abysmal performance on receive. At about $1200.00 it's a good buy for a used rig if you don't mind the wide front end... Brett N2DTS > > Perhaps the solution is to think outside the box. Literally. > > I mean, there is no need for a bandscope to be part of the radio main > display, just because Icom does it that way. All that is needed is a > plug-in module that can be added with a coaxial socket on it, that can > be plugged in to an external display. You could even use a portable > LCD TV for the display, as some IC-7000 users do because the built in > one is too small. > > For quick access to control functions something like a TV remote > control could be used. You would need an infra red module in the K3. > Perhaps an actual TV remote could be used to save costs. Some of these > are highly programmable with a touch screen. Or you could use > dedicated software on a PDA. > > -- > Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > Ham-Directory: www.ham-directory.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
