[Elecraft] SDR UI (was: Dayton review)

[Bill W5WVO]

Lee Buller wrote:

>  I think the way the SDR concept was designed was by thinking outside
> of the box - but - I think the designers jumped into another box.

One could legitimately argue that the only way to see how far in a given 
direction is "too far" is to go there and try it out. Then start backtracking 
and find that sweet spot.

I agree that operating a radio with a screen and a mouse is uninspiring duty, 
to say the best of it -- and a significant handicap at worst. Nevertheless, 
good ideas can come out of this exercise. On the Flex SDR-1000, for example, 
the ability to click on signals spotted on the very high-resolution panoramic 
display is totally cool.

But it's the concept that's cool, not the implementation. Does one necessarily 
require a computer and a mouse to implement this concept? Of course not. Just 
use some good engineering imagination! Perhaps the upcoming Elecraft K3 
Panadapter will have this kind of functionality implemented in some really 
elegant way no one has even thought of yet.  :-)  I wouldn't b surprised.

Bill / W5WVO