[Elecraft] K3 v. ORION II and flexibility (not that kind)

[Alan Price]

Right on, er left on for us lefties.


73
Alan
W1HYV


> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:38:34 -0400
> From: w3fpr at embarqmail.com
> To: dbp at tds.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 v. ORION II and flexibility (not that kind)
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> Dave,
>
> I am with you on all counts :-) - if it just were possible! For those
> K3 owners who do not appreciate the problem, try tuning the radio by
> placing the fingers of the left hand on top of the radio and tune the
> VFO with your thumb - the hand covers much of the display. Now try it
> with the right hand - the whole display can be read easily. Put a mic
> plug into the front panel connector and use the left hand to operate the
> RF Gain control, it works, but with difficulty - similarly for the AF
> Gain when there are headphones plugged into the front jack.
> Fortunately, the K3 has rear connectors.
>
> I suppose the 'left handed syndrome' is why I find computer control of
> the radio easier - but OTOH, my preference is really for real knobs and
> buttons. Using a mouse works, but pointing and clicking does not
> provide the feel of a real knob.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Dave wrote:
>> Two great radios. Two right handed great radios. Two great radios whose developers paid little or no inclusion to left handed people.
>> I'd suggest that doing more than a software change that a handful of people might want because of their particular activity that we look into real, not virtual, moveable front panels. Imagine taking a main tuning module and placing it towards the left. Take those archaic plugs for the mic, headphones and key and get them away from that all important left side control position. Put them out of the way at the bottom right hand corner. Individual 6 pin modules with concentric knobs could be placed in a matrix on the front panel, and software could be the tool to activate that position as a user selected control function position (a USCFP).
>> Two great radios that I wouldn't trade for the... unless these were made in left handed models.
>> 73 de Dave K1OPQ
>>
>>
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