Grant, You are so correct. Let me ask a rhetorical question here - How many people remember what the 12 function keys on the computer keyboard are for in each and every application they run? I certainly don't. It is easier for me to just do the steps manually than to remember what macros I put into the K3. 4 is about the limit that are managable IMHO, and maybe that can be expanded to 8 for some things - this is a case of 'less is more' for me. I just don' like "magic buttons", I'd rather control it myself manually.
73, Don W3FPR Grant Youngman wrote: > On Nov 3, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Byron Servies wrote: > > >> Perhaps something from the CAD or gaming world. The surface would not >> even necessarily be connected directly to the radio itself, but to the >> computer controlling it, sending appropriate commands via the computer >> control port. >> > > Don't you already have a control surface on a computer --e.g., keyboard? > > I think the ideas for all the additional Macro memories are great, but > ultimately remembering what Macro is where becomes the limiting factor > (at least for those terribly disadvantaged of us without eidetic > memory) in how many distinct Macro locations and functions are > actually useful without a reference manual (or useful at all beyond > being a curiosity). And by the time you look to see what button press > (es) is or are required to execute the function "grill medium rare on > the hot side of the fire 6 inches above the coals", you might as well > just run the radio by hand :-) > > There's a tendency to want to turn a perfectly good idea into a > monster -- just because it's there :-) > > Grant/NQ5T > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
