[Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

[Ken G Kopp]

Well-said, Doug! 😁

Ken - K0PP

On Feb 16, 2017 10:39, "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull at net1.ie> wrote:

> Dear OMs and YLs,
>      To me this is harsh indeed.   Who provides better service for the Ham
> Radio community?   Do we think that we are the directors of Elecraft?
> For
> a moment it sounded like the K-Pod was being criticised - well this is
> worth
> a lot to me and I have one on each of my K3 radios.   Elecraft, I am still
> a
> very happy camper when it comes to your product line, service and
> accessibility.   Clearly it is hard to please us all and I imagine these
> critical e-mails stimulate further design ideas.
>
>      I am thankful not to be tied to a PC!!!  It will become obsolete.
>  Not
> many such radios will make it into the Steam Radio Category still being
> used
> after twenty let alone fifty years.
>
>      Well that is my 2 cents.    It just surprises me to hear such
> virulence
> directed towards an amazing group of engineers with a first class company.
>
>                73 Doug EI2CN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe
> Stone (KF5WBO)
> Sent: 16 February 2017 17:26
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY
>
> When I see Elecraft dodge a trivial firmware change like this year after
> year, I can't help but wonder if they have ulterior motives.  Maybe
> Elecraft
> plans to introduce a $250 wired remote control knob.  Maybe they hope
> someday the knob will control the P3 / PX3.  Maybe they feel adding a few
> lines of firmware to enable a $5 wireless mouse will impact the sales of
> their $250 knob.  Maybe they're just busy.  When they don't respond to a
> feature request, it leaves us guessing.
>
> This brings me back to my previous thread.  We need a more structured
> approach to tracking Elecraft feature requests (and bugs).  We need a
> record
> of when Mouse-n-Click QSY was first proposed.  Elecraft can come back and
> say, "The P3 / PX3 is out of firmware memory space."  Or, "The P3 / PX3
> doesn't have the MIPS to sample IQ, process the 1024-point FFT, update the
> displays (spectrum and waterfall), field remote-control commands, . AND
> position a marker based on the delta-X field in a mouse HID descriptor".
> This disposition will be captured along with the feature request in a
> central repository for everyone to see, now and forever.   In another month
> or two when someone requests Mouse-n-Click QSY, we can simply refer them to
> the (now closed) feature request.  Ideally, they'd search the feature / bug
> list first.
>
> Clearly, Elecraft isn't interested in maintaining / exposing a list of
> features and defects raised by their user community.  I've received several
> offers from members willing to host this list.  We should have something up
> and running in a few weeks.
>
> Joe
> KF5WBO
>
>
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