Nah, voice warnings are not effective. Most of us spend our days ignoring the vocal clatter pouring from cellphones, tv's , radios, etc. (CW ops, anyway...)
What is needed is a switched relay on the K3 that would set off a large fire alarm type bell. And maybe an electric jolt to the chair seat for out-of-band operation... Seriously, for people who don't see too well a couple of optional audible annunciators might be useful. So tell me, why would a periodic warning chirp be any more silly than a little "TX" icon flashing at 1/2-second intervals? 73, Drew AF2Z On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Julian, G4ILO wrote: > > >drewko1 wrote: >> >> An inocuous chirp from the K3 every five seconds would be simpler than >> a big CH-801 HP SWR meter, I think. (A chirp would take up far less >> desk space as well.) >> >Why stop at a chirp? Elecraft could make a voice synthesis module, like the >ones in car sat-nav equipment. Whenever you key down, a user-selectable >voice (Arnie Schwarzenegger? Margaret Thatcher?) could say "Warning. Test >mode selected." > >Other warnings could save the user from making potentially expensive or >simply embarrasing mistakes, like: "Warning: High SWR detected." or "Voice >modes not permitted in the CW sub-band." It could even offer helpful pile-up >breaking tips if it detects that you have been calling for several minutes >on the same frequency. > >----- >Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 >G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com >KComm for K2/K3: www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html _______________________________________________ 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
