[Elecraft] K3 SUB AF - NOR or BALANCE?

[Tim Tucker]

BT is a great idea, but to do it right, you wouldn't want to make it
available for only mics & speakers.  Once you have the BT chipset in the K3,
there's no reason why you couldn't implement BT serial connectivity to a
notebook computer, as well.  The P3 and K3 could communicate with each other
via BT.  I strongly believe that ham radio products in general really need
to start rapidly implementing some of the common place technologies found in
every day life to help keep ham radio relevant and interesting to the
younger generation (even the 30 somethings!).  I believe that Elecraft is
one of the companies that is positioned to start to do that, but it has to
start somewhere.  Imagine if the KIO3 board had a USB port and BT chipset
embedded :) :).

BTW, even Cobra Electronics has a BT CB now that integrates with your cell
phone.  I'm not sure that's useful to me, but if a CB company is starting to
find uses for BT technology, I'm sure an amateur radio company could also ;)




> The first would be a Bluetooth adapter for the K3 that would allow use
> of BT stereo headphones.  These devices already exist, it remains merely
> to figure out how to add a module to the K3.  At least one HAM radio
> manufacturer offers this option, so this can't be that difficult.
> There are many high quality stereo BT headphones on the market that cost
> under $100.   I would pay up to $200 for a reliable and stable BT
> adapter for the K3.  If this could be made to work with a BT stereo
> headphone and mic with PTT that would be even better.
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