[Elecraft] Handedness

[Drew AF2Z]

I hope we may be able to operate the K4 by keyboard without need of a PC 
& software.

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On 06/02/19 13:00, K8TE wrote:
> GM Bill,
> 
> K3_EZ, Win4K3, and I believe N4PY's software allows adjustment of a variety
> of the K3's parameters from your PC.  Of course, using macros is another
> means by which you can change K3 parameters.  While not the favorite means
> for many, I find using my PC and appropriate programs often a great way to
> operate my K3's (plural).
> 
> That isn't to say I don't use the front panel controls.  I just don't use
> most very often.  A friend purchased and then sold a K3 in spite of my
> encouragement.  While being an Elecraft fan boy as a friend at the Prescott
> Hamfest described me this weekend, I find the K3 front panel and menu system
> "elegant" and the K4's even more elegant.  I can't wait to operate the
> latter when it arrives in NM!  Maybe Wayne or Eric will have mine in Plano
> next weekend (hint, hint)?
> 
> Not everyone is as enthusiastic about the K3 as I.  While I am amazed they
> are not, I still call many of them my friends.  They're just the "other"
> friends who don't own and use Elecraft gear.  Of course, one old friend who
> owns an IC-7610 enjoys my bring the KPA1500 to his shack for contesting
> weekends.  Linked together, that combination is a perfect demonstration of
> the value in using effective station integration.  I use his normal station
> as an example of why station integration is a requirement (in my mind) in a
> contest at 2:00 a.m.
> 
> 73 from Yavapai Campground in the Prescott National Forrest, Bill, K8TE
> 
> P.S. at 73 and somewhat arthritic, after two weeks of RV travel to and from
> HamVention, activating counties and parks along the way, I was directed to
> leave the HF at home for this long weekend.  I need to setup my home station
> to operate remotely to avoid HF withdrawal.  However, looking at the WX
> reports (thunderstorms), I am glad everything electronic is disconnected
> from the outside world at the K8TE Command Post.
> 
>>   I?m 76 years old with moderate loss of feeling in fingertips and a
>> lot of arthritis so adjusting the gains on my K3S is difficult.  Maybe
>> there will be a "slider" on my K4 panel.
> 
> 
> 
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