[Elecraft] My biggest ergonomic issue (K2 DSP)

[Darrell Bellerive]

Not to take away anything from the K2, it is a superb piece of
engineering, but a larger form factor would be nice for home use. With
each function having it's own control, and direct selection of filters
and functions rather than cycling through them. More space between the
knobs, and larger knobs. Although I would never trade my K2, I do miss
the size of my old Heathkit SB-101.

Darrell VE7CLA K2 #1973

On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 14:15, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> OK, I just finished operating 37 hours in a 48-hour CW contest this 
> weekend and before I hit the sack, here is what I learned:
> 
> 1) The DSP does a GREAT job of making super-weak CW signals readable, 
> but it requires a very narrow b/w (50 or 100 Hz) to do this.  I made 
> QSOs I would not have made without it.  I do not find the wider 
> positions useful; the xtal filter is fine for wider bandwidths.
> 
> 2) Having to HOLD the filter button 3 times to change from lowpass to 50 
> Hz drives me NUTS!  And the *&@# button bounces sometimes and changes 
> the xtal filter setting.  I though of making the first filter the narrow 
> one, but then I'd still have to hold the button 3 time the next time.
> 
> I want to be able to just turn the high selectivity on and off.  Don't 
> tell me to use a rig-control program, because I need my contest logging 
> program running.  For what it's worth I used the NR the whole time and 
> it was a big help.  I'm going to take a nap now.