[Elecraft] New tuning knob for the KX2

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Regardless of what is added, how it works, or what it does, there will always be those that like it.  And likewise, there will be those that object and won't like it.  It needs to fit the needs of the masses. 

I've worked systems both ways. I like it the way it works at present. 

73
Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jan 8, 2019, at 9:10 PM, Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
> 
> I found that for RTTY especially, K-Pod (KNob) is on left and right hand always on mouse at right of keyboard.(Apple Bluetooth ). 
> 
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> ...nr4c. bill
> 
> 
>> On Jan 8, 2019, at 9:11 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Knut -
>> 
>> With all due respect, I strongly disagree. With an analog knob, the smallest movement of the knob results in a change of frequency. My K-Pod moves several degrees before the frequency changes. The main knob on the K3 moves less, probably half the number of degrees, but with both knobs it is very hard to know you have made exactly one step in frequency. When I'm tuning weak RTTY, I have my eyes glued to the decode window, not the frequency readout. (I use the K-Pod because I can place it next to the mouse where it is easy to reach.)
>> 
>> 73 & GL - Bill AE6JV
>> 
>>> On 1/8/19 at 4:51 PM, ab2tc at arrl.net (ab2tc) wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Tactile feedback from the VFO knob? Absolutely no, no, no!! The VFO knob
>>> should feel like the old analog VFO and with 10Hz step size it does. No
>>> changes please!!
>>> 
>>> AB2TC - Knut
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bill Frantz wrote
>>>> What I would really like for fine adjustment, e.g. one step when tuning weak RTTY, is tactile feedback from the knob. A slight bump for each time the VFO changes by one tuning unit. Note that in today's radios, tuning is not continuous, it is digital, and knowing when you have moved the VFO is useful.
>>>> 
>>>> I use the M memories for switching between CW, Data A, RTTY, and SSB. No memories left. (I consider a good day on the air is one where I have digital, CW, and voice QSOs.)
>>>> 
>>>> 73 Bill AE6JV
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/8/19 at 11:22 AM,
>>> 
>>>> donwilh@
>>> 
>>>> (Don Wilhelm) wrote:
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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