[Elecraft] LP PAN

[Julian, G4ILO]

Maarten van Rossum wrote:
> 
> I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit
> for
> the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a
> mouse
> if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very
> important, it should be more or less plug and play.
> 
> PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks
> and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that
> I
> am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for
> making
> it that simple.
> 

I think all of us find PCs a hassle. I worked with computers all my life but
there are still times when I want to attack the thing with a 4lb club
hammer.

Unfortunately for your requirement I think a PC would be the most cost
effective platform to do all that. I think the most we can hope for is
something that is just a panoramic display. The question in my mind is,
since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY,
how would that work using a separate display? Most people will still be
using a PC for logging etc. Having a separate screen for the display is not
an issue (in fact it would be a benefit to keep the main screen clear) but
having a separate screen that your mouse cannot click on doesn't seem like
an ergonomic ideal to me.

So I'm guessing that it will just be a passive display like the ones in the
Icom 756 series that you can look at but not click on.

-----
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
* G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
* KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
* KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html

-- 
View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/LP-PAN-FOR-SALE-tp3301013p3308143.html
Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.