[Elecraft] Location of VFO B on the K4

[W0FK]

wayne burdick wrote
> Hi Rick,
> 
> Good question. Based in part on a survey of potential users, we chose to
> put the RIT/XIT knob at bottom right -- also a traditional location, one
> that matches that of the K3/K3S/KX2/KX3. VFO B is less often used in
> practice. That said, the radio is only 4.5" tall and both knobs are very
> comfortably used in these locations.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

I had earlier posted my surprise that the VFO B tuning knob wasn't adjacent
to the VFO knob. That's been a "typical" location for many years across many
radios. Yaesu's FT1000D and FT1000MP Mark V, Ten-Tec Orion, Icom IC-7800,
etc. From my perspective, the location in the lower right is more convenient
for tuning VFO B (transmit frequency) with dual receive to locate where the
DX station is listening in split operations. Granted, with a KPOD, the
location of VFO B tuning becomes moot as tuning control is at my
fingetrtips. But absent a KPOD, reaching up isn't quite as convenient and
you can't rest your wrist on the desk to tune.

If I were designing the radio, I'd move the VFO B knob down to the lower
right, use a larger knob, put RIT immediately above that, and move the 4
buttons up where the VFO knob is currently located.

73

Lou, W0FK



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