Anti point and clickers......Imagine replacing your computer mouse with two knobs and a button. Remember Etch a Sketch? Once you get used to clicking on signals with a mouse, going back to a knob would hurt. Sure, You'll get there eventually, after you pass through all those other blips and forget what you were aiming at!
Steve N4LQ [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave - AB7E" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN > > I fully agree. Even more to the point, can anyone explain to me why it is > at all important for a panadapter to be standalone, i.e., independent of a > computer for either display or function? > > 1. Whether I am contesting or DXing or ragchewing, my computer is always > connected to my K3 for logging and other functions (digital modes, memory > buffers, etc). Why would I want to add another user interface in the form > of a keyboard or mouse connected directly to the panadapter? > > 2. I guarantee I would be able to upgrade my computer for function or > storage capacity more easily than I could the innards of a standalone > panadapter. The more dedicated hardware in the panadapter, the more > functionally stagnate it becomes. > > 3. External monitors with MUCH larger screens that would be practical for > a standalone panadapter are cheap, as are video cards with dual monitor > ports. What's the point of having a wide spectrum capability if the > display scrunches it down to VGA dimensions? > > 4. Software that controlled the panadapter from the computer would almost > certainly integrate more easily into other software such as logging or rig > control programs, compared with firmware residing on the panadapter. > > > So ... why add cost and size in the form of panadapter hardware that can > be done better and more cheaply with hardware that already exists? Are > there that many K3 owners out there that use their rig like an FT-101? > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > ------Original Mail------ > From: "R. Kevin Stover" <[email protected]> > To: "N5GE" <[email protected]>, > "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN > > Click with what? > Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? > That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real > expensive. > > I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone > panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo > either performance or price wise. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
