[Elecraft] Wha'ts Wrong With Our Radios (WAS:NewProducts, Building Demo, ...

[Bill Coleman]

On May 29, 2006, at 3:31 PM, N2EY at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/29/06 8:33:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> aa4lr at arrl.net writes:
>
>> Seems like the standard radios in my
>> youth all had 1/2" diameter knobs, and they were spaced at least 1
>> 3/4" inches apart or more. So, the ones on the K2 are probably too
>> small, and too close together.
>
> I'd go even bigger, because I have big hands. Tuning knob should be  
> in excess of 2". other knobs in excess of 1". Say 2-1/2" for the  
> tuning and 1" for everything else. Yes, that's big!

2 1/2" tuning knobs are moderately small. 3" is more like it.

But 1" knobs are pretty big, actually. Perhaps 3/4" ?

>> What other knobs would you have on a K2-like radio?
>
> Some form of dedicated bandswitch

I disagree here. I don't rotary bandswitches are beneficial. (They  
certainly are traditional) Pushbuttons work great, and if you don't  
like the single band-up/band-down, we could always expand this to  
have a dedicated button for each band.

> Some form of dedicated filter selector

Same issue here -- I actually prefer the buttons to the rotary  
switch. It would be REALLY nice to have a series of buttons for this  
though -- that way we could directly access the filter setting we want.

> Some form of dedicated AGC selector

Again, I'm not sold on the rotary switch. You just need more buttons.
>

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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