Try using a touchscreen in a light aircraft on a bumpy air day and you will learn to hate a touch screen. Earl, K4KAY
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:13 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IC-7300 video - things to come Interesting discussion. I'm not (yet?) a touchscreen fan for radio control, especially during a contest. That being said (cough, cough), I am lately having some fun designing my own touch screen interface for an ANAN-100D. Someone came up with the software glue to recognize and map any midi control to any CAT command for the OpenHPSDR radios (including Apache/ANAN) and there's a $5 TouchOSC Android application that allows you to quickly design from scratch any type of virtual midi controller on an Android or iPad tablet. All this has been made possible by the Open Source nature of the software. So instead of a macro keyboard, I can use my 7 in tablet. The upshot is that I might be a fan of touchscreen if they were user configurable. I really like the idea of users being able to design their own front panels. 73, Barry N1EU On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> wrote: > In a contest, particularly a serious effort at a weekend long contest, the > constant reaching from the keyboard to the front of the rig to operate a > touch screen presents a repetitive motion problem whose outcome is anywhere > between tired and injured. This is why many people use the keyboard to > direct N1MM to QSY up or down instead of using the knob. > > Some folks use things like Pig Knob, or a keypad driving macros because it > can be set next to the keyboard and used while still maintaining wrist > support for the tuning hand. For those who have already been injured by > repetitive motions at work, these simplifications may be what makes it > possible for them to operate any extended time in a contest. > > 73, Guy K2AV > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Gary <vk1zzg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Bill > > I agree, similarly with an Elad, not my choice BUT there is always the > > possibility some feature or other may be a popular item Elecraft can look > > at implementing in future FW and/or hardware. > > Competition drives innovation and that is good for all parties. > > Touch screen is not likely to be something I want in my radio but there > IS > > a market for it no doubt. I just smile when I imagine a mobile with a > touch > > screen, driving along, your contact asks you to go up 5 or something. I > > know I would end up either going somewhere I didn't expect or going off > > planet.....a bump in the road would be my downfall I reckon. > > 73 > > Gary > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Bill" <w2...@nycap.rr.com> > > Sent: 29/03/2016 9:40 AM > > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IC-7300 video - things to come > > > > Actually, this does effect Elecraft users. There may be some good ideas > > that we will want to see incorporated on future Elecraft products. For > > example, the use of a touch screen for a lot of its controls. I do not > > care for touch screen myself, but it is the sign of the times on many > > things and lots of folks are very comfortable with the concept. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n1eu.ba...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 efort...@ctc.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
