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

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

Can anyone comment on whether this is also useful on CW? In particular, 
as compared to the K3 NR.

73, Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 11/12/2023 3:45, Tim Tucker wrote:
> 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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