K3 Display - Outdoors

[Robie Elms-2]

All,

I am planning some outdoor operation.  How visible is the K3 display
outside in the sun?  Any suggestions for improving visibility?

Robie - AJ4F
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[Bill Frantz]

When we operate radios on a picnic table in the sun, we put the
radio in a cardboard box to provide shade. It seems to work well.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 6/11/18 at 3:15 PM, [hidden email] (Robie Elms) wrote:

>I am planning some outdoor operation.  How visible is the K3 display
>outside in the sun?  Any suggestions for improving visibility?

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[wayne burdick]

Hi Robie,

All of our transceivers, including the K3 and K3S, use a custom transflective LCD with high-contrast, easy to read segments. At night you can use the backlight. But they're also visible in even the most intense directly sunlight. You’ll have no trouble with visibility.

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Wayne
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> On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Robie Elms <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I am planning some outdoor operation.  How visible is the K3 display
> outside in the sun?  Any suggestions for improving visibility?
>
> Robie - AJ4F
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[Robie Elms-2]

Wayne,

Thanks for your quick response.

Robie - AJ4F

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:01 PM Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Robie,
>
> All of our transceivers, including the K3 and K3S, use a custom
> transflective LCD with high-contrast, easy to read segments. At night you
> can use the backlight. But they're also visible in even the most intense
> directly sunlight. You’ll have no trouble with visibility.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Robie Elms <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I am planning some outdoor operation.  How visible is the K3 display
> > outside in the sun?  Any suggestions for improving visibility?
> >
> > Robie - AJ4F
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