[Elecraft] 4K Ultra High Def version of Elecraft K4 Q&A Video Posted by NG7M

[Jeff Scaparra]

Absolutely and I am very excited to see a top manufacturer giving what
looks like will be first class support for Linux. What I was most excited
to see though was that the radio looked like it might be running a
mainstream Linux distro. My personal opinion is that giving the consumer
the option to have access to that would really open up the possibilities
with this radio (and help many to justify the cost). If my radio can run
all the software I need for all my communications, logging, etc... I don't
have to worry how I have emergency power for the radio AND a laptop or
computer for field day or actual emergencies. I can only have a plan for
12V emergency power (battery, solar, ...) and I don't need an inverter or
generator or worry about boost/buck converters for my other non 12v
equipment. My only real fear is that before the release Elecraft would lock
that down so that the consumer doesn't have a way to at a minimum unlock
the underlying OS to use in this way. I fully understand that some won't
want to deal with the underlying OS but I also think there are many that
would. External monitors that run off 12 v are also easy found due to the
car market (
https://www.amazon.com/Monitor-Computer-Display-Security-Speaker/dp/B0779PM23K/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=12v+hdmi+monitor&qid=1559195100&s=gateway&sr=8-8
).

Jeff N5SDR.

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:33 AM Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> I think it was Eric who said, in one of the recorded interviews,
> that the pad controlling the K4 at "Dayton" was running Linux,
> and that any device that could provide a virtual machine that
> could run Linux could run the control software.
>
> Also, Wayne posted that they would never run Windows in the K4.
> And I'll bet they don't have a deal with Apple to run MacOS/iOS. :-)
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
>
> On 5/30/19 at 10:07 PM, Jeff at scaparra.com (Jeff Scaparra) wrote:
>
> >One thing I
> >noticed is the screen they have hooked up to the K4 looks like it is
> >running ubuntu.
>
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