[Elecraft] Musings on a "K4"

[Fred Smith]

Guy

I have one of the new Alpha 4040 auto tuners on order and it has one of the
touch screens on it with a lot that it controls. I do mean a lot of
different things including a smith chart display. I am holding my opinion on
this touch screen till I finally receive it. My Smartphone's have had them
for a long time your right about the prices I would think.

As most of you know the new soon to be released Icom 7100 has a touch screen
on it, it is the replacement for the IC-7000 and I'm going to have one if
they are ever released.

73,
Fred/N0AZZ

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:54 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Musings on a "K4"

"The TS-990 still has no test results released yet and I personally have no
use for 130+ knobs and buttons that may only be used once during setup for
many."

Just for concept discussion, it would be really interesting to use a TFT LCD
5" hi-res color touch screen as part of a new front panel for the K3.  Just
a new front panel interface with a lot of the "knob"
functions accessible as a touch menu items on the screen.

Because of the hi-volume use of this technology in the cellphone industry,
prices should be low, and software development libraries mature.

This would then open up a significant advance in the GUI and features
available in the radio, like maybe a limited bandscope.

I have no idea if this is code-compatible with the existing K3?   But
nonetheless fun to dream about.....

Guy/N7UN

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