[Elecraft] K4?

[Gary Gregory]

Ooops...guess I just confirmed I am a Dinosaur....oh well, it is what it
is....:-(

Gotta go see the Quack now and get the Knives removed from my
back.....seeing as I am a self professed wimp, I really hope it don't hurt
too much and definitely NO needles needed....(sigh)

Now to remove my tongue from my cheek, it's been there awhile..(grin)

Never lose your sense of humour somebody once told me and it's darn good
advice I reckon.....

73

Back in my dim dark hole I go
Gary


On 25 April 2014 09:36, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> Twitter is being used as a transmission medium in several applications I
> know of ... one is a mechanism to spot yourself to SOTAWatch and/or
> QRPSpots from a phone.  I don't know how it works but I had to get a
> Twitter account to use it.
>
> I've never twitted [or whatever] other than spotting myself once or twice,
> I never get twits, and so far as I know, no human being knows my
> "twitname," which includes me -- I've forgotten it, it's in my phone. :-)
>
> Regarding the proposed K4, and with full knowledge that it is a made-up
> photo and does not propose to include social media:
>
> 1.  There are no dimensions given, but looking at my K3, the proposed K4
> would have to be quite a bit wider to look like it does.  That would
> definitely NOT be a feature for me.
>
> 2.  I sort of like the same size knobs for VFO A and B, I don't consider
> one or the other to be a "sub-VFO," I switch between them often [don't have
> the second RX].
>
> 3.  An integrated P3 might appeal to some but not me.  I look at the P3
> now way more than I look at the radio and I have it positioned where it is
> easy and non-straining to switch from the computer to the P3.  If I had to
> look over at the radio all the time to see the panadapter, I'd get a cramp
> in my neck.
>
> It will be interesting to see what, if anything, is in the "new radio"
> pipeline at Elecraft since the company definitely does not have a
> reputation of bringing out a new product that essentially replaces [and
> thus makes obsolete] what you have now.  I have the K3, a K2, and a KX1 ...
> I use them in widely different situations, and together they give me a
> whole range of operating possibilities.  I think my K2 is about 12 years
> old [#4398], and so far, the only product that could even remotely be
> considered as a possible replacement is the KX3, and that's really
> "remote," they are very different radios.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
>
>
> On 4/24/2014 3:42 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
>
>> I know there are hams who tweet their rare DX contacts, so it won't be
>> long before the rig or logging software will post those automatically to
>> whatever social media site you prefer. Something to look forward to... ;)
>>
>> 73,
>> Scott, N9AA
>>
>
>
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