Re: [Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4
You’re right Doug. Not everyone is in America, and not everyone has to follow American rules, regulations or licenses. There is a world outside the states. Keep it simple ….. Regards Andy, G8TQH > On 1 Nov 2019, at 21:22, Doug Turnbull wrote: > > Gary, >This might be fine for the USA market but might well be problematic and > complicating for overseas markets.Maybe the US market is so large this > does not matter but I doubt this.What is one man's improvement could be > another's curse. The user interface needs to be kept straightforward and > thus not overly complex. > >Fred Cady, KE7X is not with us these days to give a second and perhaps > more explanatory manual for all of us to reference. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith > Sent: 01 November 2019 19:56 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4 > > Something I'd mentioned earlier that would > be good for the K3 will also apply on the > K4 as well: Operating permissions per > band. Perhaps an option for license class > operating permissions. Select to engage > the option for General and you will always > be 100% operating properly as a General. > An Extra uses the radio, select Extra and > forget it. > > For example, the band segments contain > different frequencies in the US for > different classes/modes of license. To > have a user selectable option in config to > prevent a General from Tx in an extra > segment would be an asset. > Likewise this would prevent an Extra from > inadvertently operating a mode outside > their permission. > Another reason if you allow a Technician > operator to use your radio say at FD, they > might be unused to your radio and this > would prevent them from going outside > their permissions. > > To be able to select per band where you > are allowed to transmit & the mode > permissions would allow anyone in the > world to configure their K4 properly to > meet their country's band plan. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to turnb...@net1.ie > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to a...@rickham.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4
Gary, This might be fine for the USA market but might well be problematic and complicating for overseas markets.Maybe the US market is so large this does not matter but I doubt this.What is one man's improvement could be another's curse. The user interface needs to be kept straightforward and thus not overly complex. Fred Cady, KE7X is not with us these days to give a second and perhaps more explanatory manual for all of us to reference. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: 01 November 2019 19:56 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4 Something I'd mentioned earlier that would be good for the K3 will also apply on the K4 as well: Operating permissions per band. Perhaps an option for license class operating permissions. Select to engage the option for General and you will always be 100% operating properly as a General. An Extra uses the radio, select Extra and forget it. For example, the band segments contain different frequencies in the US for different classes/modes of license. To have a user selectable option in config to prevent a General from Tx in an extra segment would be an asset. Likewise this would prevent an Extra from inadvertently operating a mode outside their permission. Another reason if you allow a Technician operator to use your radio say at FD, they might be unused to your radio and this would prevent them from going outside their permissions. To be able to select per band where you are allowed to transmit & the mode permissions would allow anyone in the world to configure their K4 properly to meet their country's band plan. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to turnb...@net1.ie __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4
Something I'd mentioned earlier that would be good for the K3 will also apply on the K4 as well: Operating permissions per band. Perhaps an option for license class operating permissions. Select to engage the option for General and you will always be 100% operating properly as a General. An Extra uses the radio, select Extra and forget it. For example, the band segments contain different frequencies in the US for different classes/modes of license. To have a user selectable option in config to prevent a General from Tx in an extra segment would be an asset. Likewise this would prevent an Extra from inadvertently operating a mode outside their permission. Another reason if you allow a Technician operator to use your radio say at FD, they might be unused to your radio and this would prevent them from going outside their permissions. To be able to select per band where you are allowed to transmit & the mode permissions would allow anyone in the world to configure their K4 properly to meet their country's band plan. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
