[Elecraft] New P3 "meters"

[Jeff Cathrow]

 Don and the group;
 
I realize that digital meters will always be more accurate than the old analogue type; my excitement is due primarily to a combination of nostalgia and aesthetics.  As a lifelong professional photographer and lapidary artist I have always been a very visually oriented person; aesthetics come into play all the time for me.  Now becoming an old fart, nostalgia is another important part of my daily life, too.
 
Alan mentioned that he and the design team are still arguing about the display---and while I now expect that (as form generally follows function with all things Elecraft) it will be a bar-graph type for the power and SWR---I will continue to hold out hope for something akin to the curved Icom 7800 type.  My fingers are tightly crossed and cable tied for good measure. 
 
Probably too much to ask but if the display had both types that could be switched that would make everyone happy.  I have a Behringer audio processor that has exactly that kind of changeable display---bar graph or VU at the press of a button.  
 
I also wish to thank Wayne for the info sent yesterday and regardless of how the new feature materializes I look forward to the official release and order date whenever it happens (I don't mind waiting for anything from Elecraft---it is always worth it!)
 
73, 
 
Jeff  NH7RO