[Elecraft] [K3] Display Technologies

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

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>>Regarding the discussion of the display on the K3, not that anybody 
>>asked, but I'm solidly in the "I want a larger radio and display" camp.
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>Perhaps you could design an interface for the K3 that would let 
>someone hook it up to a 22 inch LCD monitor.

Why stop at a 22" monitor?  What about one of those nifty 50" jobs?

Actually, I've no doubt that "cost" is one of the reasons the K3 
doesn't have a large LCD display.  I haven't any idea what they cost, 
but considering that you can buy a computer monitor very cheaply, 
considering the size, it would have been a great way to take the K3 
design - the current display, and a supercharged DVI output to allow 
dumping expanded operating parameters to a screen (and a panadaptor 
output, when that time comes) that could accommodate it.  Not like 
this would be revolutionary, but it would be nice.

In any event, I don't have the training to do hardware/RTOS 
development.  I do financial (specifically, bill payment) programming 
and development.


>>I know the "Yeah, but you can take the K3 portable argument", and 
>>that's all well and good, but I don't tend to schlepp my rigs around.
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>Neither do I...but I live in a very small house.


My shack is pretty small: 11 X 12.  I've got the computer, printer, 
the ham station (2 HF rigs planned, a Kenwood TS-790A for V/UHF, an 
HF amp, a 2M brick amp, plus power supplies for the above and a Henry 
3006 for 6M work) and filing cabinets all jammed in here.  I wish it 
was 3 times larger.  As it is now, I can't have a visitor sit down 
and hang out with me.



>Do you think K3 owners that operate CW should wear garters on their 
>shirts and maybe have green eye shades?

Huh?  I don't get it. I consider CW to be a highly advanced form of 
communication, actually.  It's the AM and "ESSB" folks who, IMO, 
should be wearing the green eye shades, etc.






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