[Elecraft] OT: Distracted driving

[Rick Robinson]

As a rover several years ago I operated mobile between grids. I had a F150
regular cab in which I used a Icom 706mk2g. The body of the radio was
mounted behind the seat with the head unit mounted on the dash. I used a
one earpiece headset mic plugged into the radio body and I used a
footswitch mounted on the floor where the dimmer switch used to be.Remember
those ? This was a two wire connection to the head unit for Ptt only. Other
than looking at the display which was in line with the instrument panel, I
had both hands on the wheel and minimal visual distraction. This setup
could be adapted to most any radio for a very safe way to mobile. Forget
cw. One hand would be operating the key, thus limiting your control in a
fast response situation . But it boils down to this....drive first, radio
second.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 9:26 AM Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well said, Don ...
>
> 73
>
> K0PP
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 07:21 Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> > May I suggest that any Mobile (meaning mounted in a vehicle) transceiver
> > NOT have a touchscreen or panadapter.
> > It can create additional distracted driver problems, and we have enough
> > of that already with automotive touchscreens, navigation systems, and
> > the like.
> >
> > I for one do not operate mobile - my eyes and attention need to be on
> > the road and not some device in the vehicle.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 7/1/2019 7:09 AM, Sergey Zimin wrote:
> > > I meant the 5-watt version of the k4 with a panadapter in a single
> > package
> > > the size of which is like kx3...
> > >
> > >
> > > пн, 1 июл. 2019 г., 13:16 Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com>:
> > >
> > >> Not mentioned so far.
> > >>
> > >> BTW: What is a “mobile” version?  They’ve so fa not done this for any
> > >> other radio.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >> ...nr4c. bill
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Jul 1, 2019, at 12:30 AM, Sergey Zimin <rm6aaa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> It is interesting to know: will Elecraft issue a mobile version -
> KX4?
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