New K4 wish list

[Arthur Nienhouse]

*/My wish is a removable front face like the Kenwood tx2000b
................
Or a remote face like the Flex Maestro with Blue Tooth and WIFI for
remote operation to the shack K4.

Regards
Art
ka9zap
/*
On 8/21/2017 12:02 PM, Doug Turnbull wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>      For what it is worth, I have come to like the small size and light
> weight of the present K3/S.   The modular approach to features aids purchase
> and I believe also helps in troubleshooting.   This is a radio made for
> contesting, DXpeditions, rag chewing and all modes of operation.   It may be
> best to stick with the winner and continue to improve.   If a newer K4 is
> eventually called for may it be small and light retaining as many K3
> features as possible.
>
>       Oh, I do like the P3 with 19 inch VDU and the K-Pod so adding on extras
> is just fine.   The K3 line is a radio one can start out small with and
> build up to what ever you desire.   I use to like the big Orion II and can
> see that the FT 1000 MP were impressive looking radios but the K3
> outperforms both in the contest sphere where a radio is tested as no where
> else.
>
>       There are Cadillac drivers and Ferrari drivers both cars have their
> place but I just wonder if both are best made by the same manufacturer.
> Inventory shoots up and engineering talent is more thinly spread.
>
>       Whatever it will be interesting to see what the mother ship does in
> coming years.  Just please do not fade out like so many others.   You people
> at Elecraft are phenomenal with design, manufacturing and service.
>
>                      73 Doug EI2CN
>
> PS Thank you once more for the K-Pod!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ignacy
> Sent: 21 August 2017 11:00
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is K4 talk verboten?
>
> Perhaps it does not matter what we write because most likely Elecraft is
> already working on it.
>
> The advantages of K3 are high blocking and dynamic ranges together with
> quiet synthesizer. Also lighweight and good ergonomics to those who got used
> to current.
>
> Minuses are lots of connectors/cables and high price.
>
> Making all SDR would make the radio lose high blocking range. Making the
> screen bigger would  either make the radio bigger or the number of knobs
> smaller.
>
> Here are possibilities
> - SDR configuration with 2nd RX but with provision for current RX with
> single Xtal filter
> - panadapter display with connection to external display
> - built in PS
>
> Ignacy, NO9E
>
>  
>
>

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[Grant Youngman-2]

I have just a few criteria, and I’m at the age that it isn’t terribly likely I’d replace my K3 (or K3S) anyway unless the “new” thing were absolutely positively spectacular.  Whatever the K4 is, as prime criteria, I don’t want to have to depend on someone else's OS, someone else’s glitchy application software, someone else’s general purpose computer hardware, or someone else’s idea of what a computer interface should look like.

This is one place where glitzy tech for the sake of glitzy tech and a fancy display isn’t worth the price of admission.  I don’t care about touch screens.  I couldn’t keep track of 16 receive slices.  And I want a knob not a mouse.  It’s about the RADIO. The radio would have to be sooooo good in an actual PRACTICAL(!) way that I couldn’t resist.  There’s nothing on the market now that meets the criteria … period.  

That said, I fully expect there to be some kind of follow on radio.  Coming from Elecraft,  I would expect it to be a great radio that is a significant step up.  Otherwise, why bother?


>
> */My wish is a removable front face like the Kenwood tx2000b ................
> Or a remote face like the Flex Maestro with Blue Tooth and WIFI for remote operation to the shack K4.
>

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342



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