[Elecraft] New products

[Peter Lambert]

I've got a better idea.  Don't make any new products.  I do have to get a
KX2, could never sell my KX3 and she'll kill me for sure.  Thanks and
congrats, another work of art.

73's Peter VK4JD

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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
Sent: Monday, 6 June 2016 4:42 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New products

Below John says that airline and military pilots use touch screens, and he
is right, but I have never seen or heard of blind aircraft pilot so that
part of his comment is flawed.

>On June 5, 2016 4:35:26 PM EDT, John <jkramer at iafrica.com> wrote:
>Ha, Elecraft needs to progress at some stage, or get left behind.

>Well, touch screen UI have
>also moved over to commercial products, the military and airline pilots 
>also use touch screen UI communication devices. If they are good enough 
>to be used on commercial aircraft and in military applications, then it
sure is good enough for ham radio.

>
>On 5 Jun 2016, at 10:13 PM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n5ge at n5ge.com>
wrote:
>
>Don,
>
>I suspect that having redesigned a rig with touch screen capability the 
>manufacturer would, in a short period of time realize the error of 
>their ways.  Hopfully they would still have enough capital to revert to 
>the original design and fire the person responsible for the change.
>
>On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:37:42 -0400, you wrote:
> Lynn,
> 
> Please tell us how a touchscreen interface can enhance usability for 
> blind operators.
> Elecraft has made a commitment for such usability for all their radios 
> with those blind operators particularly in mind.
> A GUI interface means nothing to those who cannot see it.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 6/5/2016 3:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Touch screens may not be always convenient, but they're much more 
> flexible than a silk-screened metal panel.
> 
> I realize that knobs and buttons are a religion for some, but it's 
> really time to lighten up, folks.
> 
> 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.
> 
> On 6/5/2016 10:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Also, can we pllease, for the love of all that is holy, not do the 
> touch screen GUI? At least, not an exclusively touch
> 
> 
>
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