IMHO, both the RIT/XIT knob and RIT clear button in the Kenwood ST-995sdr image are poorly located. I wouldn't recommend this radio for "big gun contesting" unless they offered an outboard RIT knob with an RIT clear button, like the Elecraft K-POD, or the old Ekletech outboard tuning knob (made by K9SD). Perhaps it was designed primarily for military use?
However, I do like the concentric knobs in the Kenwood. Concentric optical encoders are (or were) quite expensive, which is why the K4 doesn't have any. The only concentric knob on the K4 is the AF and SUB AF gain knob, which is a POT. I expect this new Kenwood transceiver will generate sticker shock when the price is finally announced, similar to the Icom IC-7851. 73, Bob, N6TV On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 1:04 PM Douglas Zwiebel <doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/new-equipment/kenwood-st-995sdr/ > > de Doug KR2Q > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
