A 2006 K2-B w/ Color TFT?

[Fred (FL)]

This year was a busy year, for this retired ham.
I had a IC-706MKIIG for a while, I got one of the
first IC-7000's back in Dec., and then this spring
I built my K2 # 5422.   It is a great sounding,
and very rich HF transceiver!  I am proud, both
of the K2, and of my being able to build it myself
successfully.

I'm also a "build-a-better-mousetrap" retired
Engineer,
as my wife will sometimes bemoan.

After our recent "new Elecraft Product Ideas" stint,
someone came up with a K2-B idea - where we saved
the best of the K2, right down to the RF Board -
but tweaked the Control Board and Front Panel
systems.

What with all the successful K2's out there - I wonder
if Elecraft couldn't offer us - an "upgrade path",
for our K2's, rather than some elusive K3 some day.

How about a new Front Panel, and new or modified
Control Board, with a more powerful Processing Chip(s)
and memory - but give us an upgrade 2.5 color TFT
display - something along the lines of the IC-7000.  

This new display, fed from data in the upgraded
Processor(s) and K2 memory - would give us a much
expanded view of the K2's state and data, both for
receiver and for transmit & transceiver setup state.

>From multiple TFT displays - we could see the state of
our filter(s) selections, S-meter, Power-meter,
swr?, a glimpse of how the NB and other options -
are configured. Temperature, current drain, ...  And a
rapid summary view of what state our K2 transceiver is
set up for, at any given momement.

Maybe the new "Front Panel" could have a slightly
new updated button layout and possibilities.  But,
underneath it all - would be our rock-steady
K2 HF Transceiver.  All 5600 of us K2 owners -
would have a natural upgrade path.

Something to write home about  :)

Possible?

Fred N3CSY
5/29



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[Don Wilhelm-3]

Fred,

You can have most of your desire list right now - just try coupling the K2
up with N4PY software or Ham Radio Deluxe.  With either program, you have
the display that you are asking about and one can either use the K2 buttons
to change things or you can click the mouse on the software display
'buttons'.  It takes a bit of configurating to get exactly what you want,
but most of the capability is already available.  The TFT display that you
want is already present on your computer monitor - all it takes is the KIO2
and a cable to a serial port.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> What with all the successful K2's out there - I wonder
> if Elecraft couldn't offer us - an "upgrade path",
> for our K2's, rather than some elusive K3 some day.
>
> How about a new Front Panel, and new or modified
> Control Board, with a more powerful Processing Chip(s)
> and memory - but give us an upgrade 2.5 color TFT
> display - something along the lines of the IC-7000.
>
> This new display, fed from data in the upgraded
> Processor(s) and K2 memory - would give us a much
> expanded view of the K2's state and data, both for
> receiver and for transmit & transceiver setup state.
>
> >From multiple TFT displays - we could see the state of
> our filter(s) selections, S-meter, Power-meter,
> swr?, a glimpse of how the NB and other options -
> are configured. Temperature, current drain, ...  And a
> rapid summary view of what state our K2 transceiver is
> set up for, at any given momement.
>
> Maybe the new "Front Panel" could have a slightly
> new updated button layout and possibilities.  But,
> underneath it all - would be our rock-steady
> K2 HF Transceiver.  All 5600 of us K2 owners -
> would have a natural upgrade path.
>
> Something to write home about  :)
>
> Possible?
>
> Fred N3CSY
> 5/29
>

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[Alan Slusher-2]

Or try Ham Radio Deluxe at

www.ham-radio.ch

This one is free, with lots of bells and whistles for many rigs; and it even
has a pretty good logbook.

Alan  8P9BM



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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] A 2006 K2-B w/ Color TFT?

Fred,

You can have most of your desire list right now - just try coupling the K2
up with N4PY software or Ham Radio Deluxe.  With either program, you have
the display that you are asking about and one can either use the K2 buttons
to change things or you can click the mouse on the software display
'buttons'.  It takes a bit of configurating to get exactly what you want,
but most of the capability is already available.  The TFT display that you
want is already present on your computer monitor - all it takes is the KIO2
and a cable to a serial port.

73,
Don W3FPR



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