[Elecraft] KX4 Features ??

[Joan]

I currently often use my KX2 with a QRPworks SideKar Plus and type on a 2.4 GHz qwerty keyboard.  My wishlist would include the ability to either plug in a USB keyboard or use a Bluetooth qwerty keyboard for text input directly to the radio.  Also, i would love a more versatile radio display which would be at least have the additional capability of displaying a single long horizontal scrolling [high resolution] line of text across the full width of the bottom edge of the radio display (instead of sequestering the VFO B display to reveal a whole seven characters of scrolling text)

I can think of a slew of other features; but bundling the functionality of the SideKar into the radio would be a wonderful thing

Cheers  es 73  de KX2CW  ..
~joan

P.S: i enjoy not dragging along a laptop for radio camping (although this habit currently limits me to the current suite of text modes bundled into the Elecraft firmware, i.e. PSK, FSK [RiTTY], and CW).  I wonder what other modes might be feasible to bundle into the radio’s own firmware.

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> On Aug 20, 2019, at 09:55, Doug Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> With the KX3 now aging from its 2012 debut, has anyone heard what might be on the
> planning board for a KX4 ?   Inquiring minds . . . . .
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> If you are a KX3 user, what would you like to see?
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> Cheers,
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