[Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

[Walter Underwood]

I apologize in advance if this is getting far off topic, but there is a blog that reviews audio equipment purely on the basis of “knob feel”. It is deeply silly, but you know, I can’t really disagree. There are lame knobs, good knobs, and great knobs. The feel of a big audio variable attenuator? That’s a sweet knob, hard to replicate in the digital era.

We need to set this dude up with some amateur radio equipment.

http://knobfeel.tumblr.com/

wunder
K6WRU
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

On Sep 3, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Each to his own, but I find touchscreens to be 'bothersome' - real buttons with tactile feedback and real knobs do much better for me.
> I have tried tuning with the mouse scrollwheel, but find it cumbersome.  For my radio, give me buttons and knobs - I can do the tuning and button pushing "by feel" and it does not take my concentration away by having to observe what I am seeing on the screen.
> 
> Just my not so humble opinion.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 9/3/2015 10:33 PM, Brian Denley wrote:
>> I'm with Chris.  I like knobs too but touch screens are here to stay.
>> 
>> Brian
>> KB1VBF
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> 
> 
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