[Elecraft] Built-in features and side-effects

[Mike Penkas]

Amen to that Kevin!
I picked up a bare bones computer at Circuit City a while back.  Added 
memory, SantaCruz soundcard and now a EMU-202 USB soundcard and using it 
with LP Pan adapter, sometimes directly into the bare K3or use the  Microham 
Microkeyer, Microham  BandDecoder to my PW-1.  Put on a Widescreen monitor 
and it is my perfect complement to the K3 along with the digital display to 
my ArraySolutions PowerMaster wattmeter. HRD and 780 look great on the 
widescreen.
I am sure Elecraft engineers would do a better job than Yaesu did with the 
DMU-2000 for the FT-2000 but they could not be anywhere near as flexible as 
a PC and peripherals.
                         Mike WA8EBM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin" <rkstover at mchsi.com>
To: <craig at powersmith.net>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Built-in features and side-effects


> So, how is adding a keyboard, I assume mouse port for point and click 
> tuning, and a video output for the much bigger, better, and inevitable 20" 
> LCD display to an Elecraft "box" different than running the LP-PAN with a 
> computer?
>
> The computer is going to win the performance, flexibility and usability 
> question every time.
>
> If I was going to do a pan adapter for the K3 I'd run down to Costco, Sam 
> Club, hell, even Best Buy and pick up a $500 PC, bump the memory up to 2G, 
> might spend another $100 on improved video system, $100 bucks for the E-MU 
> 0202 sound card, $175 for the LP-Pan and for less than $1K I've got a pan 
> adapter which will run circles around anything Elecraft can put in one 
> box.
>
>
> Craig D. Smith wrote:
>> Yes, you are correct - It can all be done with an external computer.  But
>> with how much hassle?  I've been following the first user experiences 
>> with
>> the LP-Pan panadaptor that uses this approach.  I have great respect for
>> Larry's designs and am convinced that the performance of the panadaptor 
>> is
>> superb - I may even own one someday.  However the email reflector 
>> contains
>> mostly item after item discussing sound card compatability, cabling
>> connections, operating systems, third party SDR software configurations,
>> etc. etc. etc.
>>        I LIKE playing with radios!   I DON'T like playing with computers 
>> !!!
>>
>> The above sentiment is a personal one.  I'm sure there are many others 
>> that
>> enjoy fussing with computers.  I'm just not one of them.
>>
>>               73
>>                         ... Craig  AC0DS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <> <> Okay, perhaps you can't have touch screen just yet, though the next
>> version
>> <> of Windows is rumored to have this. But in any case, could you click 
>> as
>> <> accurately on a signal with your finger as you could with a mouse?
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