[Elecraft] Location of VFO B on the K4

[Nr4c]

Or how about tap VFO B frq in touch screen and turn the big knob?

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...nr4c. bill


> On May 25, 2019, at 1:00 PM, W0FK <lladerman at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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