[Elecraft] An FT8 Radio- just dreaming

[Ed Pflueger]

I have built the 80 meter Phaser II which is a QRP FT8 Transceiver and as
the QRP-Labs Kits was fun to build.  I also have the 20 meter Phaser II
version coming and another QCX Mini and QCX+ kit to build.  The kits have
kept me off the streets during this Pandemic.

Ed.. AB4IQ

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of SteveL
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 8:44 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] An FT8 Radio- just dreaming

This purpose-designed digital transceiver for FT8 (and other digital modes)
has received some attention recently:
https://midnightdesignsolutions.com/phaser/
<https://midnightdesignsolutions.com/phaser/>
Not exactly revolutionary, but compact QRP design needing only a laptop - or
even something like a Raspberry Pi - to use with digital modes.

And a number of years ago a fully self contained ultra portable PSK31
transceiver was shown at Hamvention:
https://www.silentsystem.jp/handypsk.htm
<https://www.silentsystem.jp/handypsk.htm>
http://forum.radioamateur.ca/index.php?topic=8379.0
<http://forum.radioamateur.ca/index.php?topic=8379.0>

Steve
aa8af

> On Feb 21, 2021, at 10:36 PM, Doug Millar via Elecraft
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I have been wondering for some time- How will FT8 change ham radio
equipment?  Right off I imagine a radio and computer in one box maybe with
the display. (FT8 should vastly simplify the first interface with the radio,
with menus reaching deeper into its control. Most of today's designs are not
well enough integrated and I think are hampered by preconceptions. Nor do
they take advantage of graphic user interfaces that are common in say cell
phones.  I think it could be one box with voice and touch control with
keyboard and mouse optional. How about an internal projector so that the
screen can be projected onto another surface making monitors optional? If it
is going to be worth it, It has to be not different but do things
differently. 
>     Has anyone else had any thoughts?  

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