[Elecraft] K4

[Bill Frantz]

My experience is similar to Jim's. I used an Icom 706MK2G where 
the UI drove me up the wall. I particularly like the way I can 
change between CW, digital, and voice with the K3 without having 
to change plugs like I need to on the KX3.

One improvement I can think of in the K3 UI is in setting the 
noise reduction parameters. They exist on two dimensions, but 
the adjustment is only done with one knob. Perhaps the 
adjustment would be more intuitive if the two bandwidth 
adjustment knobs -- shift/lo and hi/width -- were temporarily 
changed the adjust the two dimensions until leaving NR 
adjustment mode.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 5/19/18 at 11:51 AM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:

>My experience is quite different. From the beginning (in 2008), 
>I found the user interface very well thought out. Maybe that's 
>because I started by RTFM.  Everything I need while operating 
>is on the front panel. The menus are organized so that they are 
>almost never needed during operation except to fix a setting 
>that was wrong in the first place. I can't remember the last 
>time I needed to go into menus for anything but setup with new 
>outboard equipment.

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