[Elecraft] High Resolution K4 JPG/TIF?

[Bill Frantz]

Compared with the 15 seconds it takes for the SVGA monitor to 
show the tuned frequency when I boot my K3. Sounds good to me.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 5/31/19 at 1:22 PM, n6kr at elecraft.com (Wayne Burdick) wrote:

>Quantitative:  5 to 10 seconds (best estimate).
>
>Qualitative:  Way faster than Windows.
>
>:)
>
>Wayne
>
>
>>On May 31, 2019, at 12:04 PM, Brian Broggie <brian at elecraft.com> wrote:
>>
>>Al, the ethernet port is, as you say, bi-directional. The K4 can
>>communicate with other K4's to control them, or it can be the radio under
>>external control by either another K4 or an app on an iPad or a PC.
>>
>>As far as boot time duration I don't have a real answer for that yet.
>>Quicker than a tube rig is a pretty safe bet. ;).
>>
>>Brian.
>>
>>
>>On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:10 AM Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for posting that, wunder.
>>>   It was bound to happen... a radio whose font size will 
>>>*force* me to wear
>>> my glasses while operating it.  >>sigh<<.
>>>   Here's a reeeeeally dumb question: Is the Ethernet 
>>>bi-directional? We know
>>> that the radio can be talked to (controlled) by some external thing. But
>>> can it talk to the outside world, using its screen and mouse? Can it
>>> initiate communications with some external thing?
>>>   How long does it take to boot when you turn it on? Is it 
>>>like the old days
>>> when we had to wait for filaments to heat?
>>>   Al  W6LX

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