[Elecraft] K4 missing features, was OT: The 4-track mind

[George Danner]

4. Transmit Monitor

73 George AI4VZ

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dave <dave.g4aon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update on
> when the K4 missing features will be finished?
>
> In no particular order:
> 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing.
> 2. Pre-distortion
> 3. Remote operation via Ethernet
>
> In addition, with the K3 there was an update to the firmware which allowed
> VOX to be turned off when the radio was turned off/on. I keep forgetting
> and accidentally catching my paddles on my K4...
>
> Now that higher data rates have been approved for the USA, any chance of
> fixing the issue where the K4 struggles with Pactor (dropping PTT results
> in truncated data transmissions due to TX to RX timing issue), The fix is
> to add a 20 mS PTT hold on delay and consider speeding up the throughput to
> reduce latency too. The same issue with the K3 was fixed in a week of being
> reported.
>
> 73 Dave
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