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

[Tim Tucker]

I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do
something about the lousy K4 NR on SSB. I bought the BHI Dual Inline NR
module and the results are impressive. I will publish a video soon. Anyone
who says that better NR won't help you make more weak signal contacts,
especially if you're in the big city, doesn't know what they are talking
about on this subject. That plus the decreased fatigue factor...

The last thing we heard from Wayne about missing features was that the
Remote Software would be released as Beta in Q1 2024. Every other ask about
other features has been met with radio silence for months. Expect more of
the same at this point.

Tim

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 11:34 AM George Danner <gdanner12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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