[Elecraft] K4?

[Richard Thorne]

I was going to make the suggestion for a rig with out knobs.

All of my current equipment is rack mounted.  I operate with software 
and a mouse.  Keeps the desk uncluttered and the monitor below eye 
level.  The K3 Remote could be used if one wanted knobs.

Rich - N5ZC

On 5/19/2018 5:36 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>    Me too.  After I determined some years ago that my then-new K3 was actually working, I gave my Yaesus away - both of them.  I haven't missed them since.  My backups are now a pair of K2s at one QTH and a KX3/KXPA at another.
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> I suspect many though not all of the capability changes - as opposed to the ergonomic changes - proposed in this thread could be implemented without changing the box.  If there were one additional item on my list it would be having an internal keyer that would make external logging programs redundant.  And the NR system . . .
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> Apart from that, and apart from my own ergonomic preferences, I am willing to bet that whatever comes next isn't a bigger box but rather the other way around.  I have heard the K3/S described more than once as an SDR with knobs.  Maybe.  But my bet would be , if there is a K4 or some such, it will be an SDR without knobs.  Any takers?
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
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>      Message: 16
>      Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 11:51:50 -0700
>      From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
>      To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>      Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
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>      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.
>      
>      My K3s replaced a pair of FT1000MPs. Everything about the K3 performance
>      and user interface is far superior. AND the change freed up a LOT of
>      space on my operating desk!
>      
>      73, Jim K9YC
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