[Elecraft] W9OY comments about K3

[David Christ]

I was at HamCation and thought that the P3 display was very sharp and 
crisp.  Nowhere have I seen what the resolution of the P3 display is.

Lest anyone get too hung up on display size, let us remember that 
display size and resolution are two different things.  Unless you 
increase the resolution, increasing the display size only results in 
large pixels. No doubt the big displays that Flex was using were HDTV 
at 1080 which is about the same as a good laptop.  In other words 
using that big display resulted in no more information than using a 
laptop.  The only thing gained was the ability to see it from 20 feet 
away.

My recollection was also that only the lower part of the Flex display 
was used for the panoramic function.  If only half was used, then we 
are down to 500 or so vertical lines.  Suddenly we see that maybe the 
resolution in the P3 isn't at all bad in comparison.  Also the P3 
looks larger when you are only 12-18 inches away as you operate the 
K3.  When you are 4 deep in a crowd it looks small.

None of the videos that have shown up do the P3 justice.  The 
resolution of the videos is so low that it just fuzzes up the image 
of the P3 display.

As an aside, I heard Eric say the hardware was done and they are just 
doing some finishing touches on the software.  Sounds like the only 
thing that could cause a delay is parts delivery.

David  K0LUM



At 2:08 PM -0600 2/21/10, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:44:56 -0800 (PST), Bob - W0GI
><bob at gotoloveland.com> wrote:
>
>
>I looked at the video of the P3 and I couldn't make a comment on the
>quality of the display because the video was poorly focused and shaky.
>
>Perhaps someone will soon have some well focused videos of it with the
>camera mounted on a tripod.
>
>Trying to make a video at a Hamfest is hard to do with all the
>jostling from the crowd.
>
>73,
>
>Tom, N5GE
>
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>>
>><<< Have you seen the P3 in person? >>>
>>
>>I don't have to see it in person, to make the comments I made. It is obvious
>>from the pictures and video, as to what the P3 screen looks like. It is also
>>obvious, that a 22" monitor is going to look better.
>[snip]
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