[Elecraft] Prospective K4

[gregg.w6izt1 at gmail.com]

If the K4 had a built in display it would be cool to be able to use VNC to display it on a PC.

Gregg W6IZT

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Joseph Trombino, Jr
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2019 11:37 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Prospective K4

Howdy Gang.

I’ve built and owned Elecraft gear since 1999.

Still have my KX3 and KX2.

I bought a Flex 6600M rig and it was the best radio I’ve owned in years.

But Flex messed with the firmware to where if you were in full QSK mode and used the internal ATU a loud relay would start clicking when sending CW characters,  messing with the normally quiet QSK changeover from RX to TX.

The reason given for this firmware change was that when the ATU was engaged in full QSK mode the receive signals would be 10db down as opposed to zero db loss without the tuner in line.

To be honest I never noticed this problem but Flex, in all of their wisdom, made the disruptive change.

IMHO this firmware change completely ruined a very FB CW rig.

Perhaps the folks at Flex are not as CW-centric as the Elecraft folks.

In terms of a K4 I would certainly love to see a beautiful 8” or large front panel display.

This is the direction all modern radios are going….just look at the YaeCommWood offerings plus the Sun MB1 rig.

While the P3 and PX3 displays are OK, a full 8” or larger hi-res display is breathtaking and extremely useful.

So, why not a K4 with a big hi-res screen?

I’m ready for it…make it happen!!

			73, Joe W2KJ
			I QRP, therefore I aim



> On May 5, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Rose <elecraftcovers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bert,
> 
> Then why not just purchase the Flex?
> 
> 73 !
> 
> K0PP
> 
> On Sun, May 5, 2019, 09:11 Bert Craig <wa2si at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm in the comparison stage of planning my next, and likely final, HF 
>> rig purchase. While researching my options, I came across this 
>> comment on the Flex reflector. (See link below.) It occurs to me that 
>> the next logical progression from the K3S might likely be something 
>> along the lines of a FlexRadio 6600M, but optimized for the 
>> discerning CW enthusiast. I'd personally love to see a K4 along those lines. Any thoughts or opinions?
>> 
>> https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/flexradios-cw-failin
>> gs
>> 
>> Vy 73 de Bert
>> WA2SI
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