[Elecraft] New products

[Josh]

Why pay for an expensive, low volume touch screen when most of us carry very nice ones with us?

Write an iOS and/or Android app radio interface. You could accomplish most of this with the existing hardware with the addition of a smart dongle that includes RS232 and BLE connectivity. 

73
Josh W6XU

Sent from my mobile device (& K3 interface)

> On Jun 5, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com> wrote:
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> A radio with only physical knobs and buttons severely limits future upgradability, and leads to crazy button combinations to turn things on and off that weren't even a dream when the radio was originally released.
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> Touch screens may not be always convenient, but they're much more flexible than a silk-screened metal panel.
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> I realize that knobs and buttons are a religion for some, but it's really time to lighten up, folks.
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> Either that or for Elecraft to release a rig with a whole bunch of "empty" buttons and sell stickers to update the front panel when the firmware grows to need them.
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