[Elecraft] Keypad for frequency entry

[Rick Prather]

Seems like every month or so this request comes up and soon someone will relate the story of how a friend switched from an Orion and really misses the Ten-Tec pod.

I switched from a couple of Omni's nearly three years ago and I still miss it.

I wish Elecraft would shamelessly copy the Ten-Tec pod.  It has been around for quite a while and has a lot of fans.  

How about if you could use the keypad to have another bunch of macros at your finger tips?

73,

Rick
K6LE

On 4/23/2012, at 9:26 , Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Gary,
> 
> True, but add the "other element" - the VFO knob on the "pod".  The 
> advent of spots and other similar would want the advantage of quick and 
> direct frequency entry not far from the keyboard, but still there is a 
> need for "fine tuning" by a rotary knob.
> 
> TenTec has long offered its Pod, and IMHO is the design that is to be 
> duplicated.  Yes, it is simplistic - a VFO knob with a bunch of buttons 
> that can serve either as a numerical keypad or as 10 "PF" buttons.
> 
> That functionality allows one's hand to easily move from the computer 
> keyboard to the Pod and back to the computer.  Certainly computer 
> keyboard and mouse actions can do the same thing, but there is a strong 
> contingency of K3 users who would prefer separate (and more analog-like) 
> controls.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR