[K3] Display Technologies

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

Regarding the discussion of the display on the K3, not that anybody
asked, but I'm solidly in the "I want a larger radio and display" camp.

I know the "Yeah, but you can take the K3 portable argument", and
that's all well and good, but I don't tend to schlepp my rigs around.

Anyway, perhaps sometime in the not-too-distant future, we'll use
something like this:


http://www.myvu.com/Products/universal/



73,
Steve NN4X
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote:

> Regarding the discussion of the display on the K3, not that anybody asked,
> but I'm solidly in the "I want a larger radio and display" camp.

Perhaps you could design an interface for the K3 that would let someone hook it
up to a 22 inch LCD monitor.

>
> I know the "Yeah, but you can take the K3 portable argument", and that's all
> well and good, but I don't tend to schlepp my rigs around.

Neither do I...but I live in a very small house.
>
> Anyway, perhaps sometime in the not-too-distant future, we'll use something
> like this:
>
>
> http://www.myvu.com/Products/universal/

Great idea for mobile!

Do you think K3 owners that operate CW should wear garters on their shirts and
maybe have green eye shades?

73 k3hrn
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[Steve Sacco NN4X]

>
>
>>Regarding the discussion of the display on the K3, not that anybody
>>asked, but I'm solidly in the "I want a larger radio and display" camp.
>
>Perhaps you could design an interface for the K3 that would let
>someone hook it up to a 22 inch LCD monitor.

Why stop at a 22" monitor?  What about one of those nifty 50" jobs?

Actually, I've no doubt that "cost" is one of the reasons the K3
doesn't have a large LCD display.  I haven't any idea what they cost,
but considering that you can buy a computer monitor very cheaply,
considering the size, it would have been a great way to take the K3
design - the current display, and a supercharged DVI output to allow
dumping expanded operating parameters to a screen (and a panadaptor
output, when that time comes) that could accommodate it.  Not like
this would be revolutionary, but it would be nice.

In any event, I don't have the training to do hardware/RTOS
development.  I do financial (specifically, bill payment) programming
and development.


>>I know the "Yeah, but you can take the K3 portable argument", and
>>that's all well and good, but I don't tend to schlepp my rigs around.
>
>Neither do I...but I live in a very small house.


My shack is pretty small: 11 X 12.  I've got the computer, printer,
the ham station (2 HF rigs planned, a Kenwood TS-790A for V/UHF, an
HF amp, a 2M brick amp, plus power supplies for the above and a Henry
3006 for 6M work) and filing cabinets all jammed in here.  I wish it
was 3 times larger.  As it is now, I can't have a visitor sit down
and hang out with me.



>Do you think K3 owners that operate CW should wear garters on their
>shirts and maybe have green eye shades?

Huh?  I don't get it. I consider CW to be a highly advanced form of
communication, actually.  It's the AM and "ESSB" folks who, IMO,
should be wearing the green eye shades, etc.






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[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote:

>
>> Do you think K3 owners that operate CW should wear garters on their shirts
>> and maybe have green eye shades?
>
> Huh?  I don't get it. I consider CW to be a highly advanced form of
> communication, actually.  It's the AM and "ESSB" folks who, IMO, should be
> wearing the green eye shades, etc.

Ah, I see the humor was lost...Oh well.

73 k3hrn
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