Keep it simple? Like a crystal radio? On my KX3 I want a full heads-up display. It should have virtual reality goggles tied to Google Earth so I can fly to your neighborhood, check out your antenna farm and make recommendations for improvements. I want to visualize the path my radio waves take to get to the DX I want and be able to tweak the ionosphere for maximum S/N at the distant end. Ideally I should have control of the DX station's rotator. Every time I make contact with someone I want to see a 3D starfield fly by to give me the impression of actually going somewhere. And I want it all done in fluorescent orange and black.
Actually, it's kind of nice to get a refresh every so often. The thing is, if there were some sort of front panel updates it really wouldn't affect all those who currently have a radio, right? Not like our radio is going to morph over night or anything. 73, Kev K4VD On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I have to agree, "the kiss principle" Keep is simple stupid - works every > time. > While 'glitsy' displays are pretty to watch, they often do not convey > relevant information, or that information is buried in the 'glitz' and not > easily recognized at a glance. > > The K3, KX3, KX2 displays show the VFO frequency as the predominate display > with the VFO B as a slightly lesser predominance. Other functions are > indicated to tell you what is going on. Everything needed is there. > > I have to contrast that to some of the displays I see on my tablet. I have > to hunt around the display to find the item of interest. > > Touchscreen - no thanks - I would need a stylus and not all stylus touches > produce the desired action (if my tablet is any example). That uncertainty > is not something I need in a radio. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/30/2017 8:08 PM, Roger Meadows wrote: >> >> When I worked in industrial automation the graphics on the control >> stations displays were getting fancier and fancier. The fancier they got, >> the more cluttered than got. Then, the industry as a whole started noting >> that more accidents were happening and missed alarms. They, because the >> displays were to cutsie. >> >> What then happened over the next few years and is standard now is very >> plain graphics and displays so information does not get lost in the clutter. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ke...@k4vd.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
