Tactile Feedback

[Bill Frantz]

I would like to feel some tactile feedback when using the
RIT/XIT knob to make gross changes in frequency. If there was a
detent for each change in frequency, then I would know how much
to turn the knob without having to look at the display.

The same feature would be nice on the other encoders --
Shift/width/speed/pwr and the two VFO knobs.

I don't know about the practicability of getting encoders with
tactile feedback.

73 Bill AE6JV

in [Elecraft] Neoprene Ring for The Big Knob, On 3/7/16 at 10:19
AM, [hidden email] (Fred Jensen) wrote:

>While I seem to be able to adapt to many things that bug
>others, and I had adapted to the original knob/ring, I really
>do like the feel of this one. There's a significant increase in
>the tactile sense on my fingers, and I seem to be able to set a
>frequency to 1 Hz more easily.  It's worth the $16 + USPS
>priority to me.

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[k6dgw]

I didn't really mean tactile "feedback," my fingers just stick to the
knob better.  "Small motor" capability declines with age, my CW RX speed
has stayed constant over the years. but my sending ability has declined.
  I just have less difficulty setting a specific frequency than with the
original ring.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org

On 3/7/2016 12:10 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I would like to feel some tactile feedback when using the RIT/XIT knob
> to make gross changes in frequency. If there was a detent for each
> change in frequency, then I would know how much to turn the knob without
> having to look at the display.

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