[Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4

[Andy McMullin]

You’re right Doug. Not everyone is in America, and not everyone has to follow American rules, regulations or licenses. There is a world outside the states.

Keep it simple …..

Regards
Andy, G8TQH


> On 1 Nov 2019, at 21:22, Doug Turnbull <turnbull at net1.ie> wrote:
> 
> Gary,
>    This might be fine for the USA market but might well be problematic and
> complicating for overseas markets.    Maybe the US market is so large this
> does not matter but I doubt this.    What is one man's improvement could be
> another's curse.     The user interface needs to be kept straightforward and
> thus not overly complex.
> 
>    Fred Cady, KE7X is not with us these days to give a second and perhaps
> more explanatory manual for all of us to reference.
> 
>                      73 Doug EI2CN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith
> Sent: 01 November 2019 19:56
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Suggestion for the K4
> 
> Something I'd mentioned earlier that would 
> be good for the K3 will also apply on the 
> K4 as well: Operating permissions per 
> band. Perhaps an option for license class 
> operating permissions. Select to engage 
> the option for General and you will always 
> be 100% operating properly as a General. 
> An Extra uses the radio, select Extra and 
> forget it. 
> 
> For example, the band segments contain 
> different frequencies in the US for 
> different classes/modes of license. To 
> have a user selectable option in config to 
> prevent a General from Tx in an extra 
> segment would be an asset. 
> Likewise this would prevent an Extra from 
> inadvertently operating a mode outside 
> their permission.
> Another reason if you allow a Technician 
> operator to use your radio say at FD, they 
> might be unused to your radio and this 
> would prevent them from going outside 
> their permissions.
> 
> To be able to select per band where you 
> are allowed to transmit & the mode 
> permissions would allow anyone in the 
> world to configure their K4 properly to 
> meet their country's band plan.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
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