[Elecraft] N6XI NAQP RTTY July, 2007 with K3

[Grant Youngman]

> I'd much prefer to have this sort of thing external to the rig and 
> just use them to KEY the dedicated input on the rig.

Couldn't agree more.  I think this stuff is made integral, even if barely
usable in any other than a "lets see if this really works" mode, to get the
blood heated up, feed the hype, and little else.

It's pointless and generally exceptionally poor in performance compared to a
simple PC and external software option, which virtually anyone owning the
radio has access to for essentially no money.  

But you can tell from this thread (and old threads on the 7800 list for
example), that this sort of think is seen as a "wow factor", even if it
turns out in the end to be little more than artificial flavor in the icing.
I don't know why the developers waste their time, other than at the behest
of the marketing department.

Grant/NQ5T