I rarely use RIT/XIT... and the B VFO frequently....
so after November I may HAVE to use the K-POD more than I have been.
On 5/25/2019 3:39 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
Hmmm...I'm envisioning a modular front panel where you move modules around,
they plug into a common buss and then you label the modules' one line display
with some macro data input to the radio. A bigger K pod with one line labels
would be nice too. As long as we're dreaming...
Chuck KE9UW
c-haw...@illinois.edu
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On May 25, 2019, at 12:00 PM, W0FK <llader...@earthlink.net> wrote:
wayne burdick wrote
Hi Rick,
Good question. Based in part on a survey of potential users, we chose to
put the RIT/XIT knob at bottom right -- also a traditional location, one
that matches that of the K3/K3S/KX2/KX3. VFO B is less often used in
practice. That said, the radio is only 4.5" tall and both knobs are very
comfortably used in these locations.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
I had earlier posted my surprise that the VFO B tuning knob wasn't adjacent
to the VFO knob. That's been a "typical" location for many years across many
radios. Yaesu's FT1000D and FT1000MP Mark V, Ten-Tec Orion, Icom IC-7800,
etc. From my perspective, the location in the lower right is more convenient
for tuning VFO B (transmit frequency) with dual receive to locate where the
DX station is listening in split operations. Granted, with a KPOD, the
location of VFO B tuning becomes moot as tuning control is at my
fingetrtips. But absent a KPOD, reaching up isn't quite as convenient and
you can't rest your wrist on the desk to tune.
If I were designing the radio, I'd move the VFO B knob down to the lower
right, use a larger knob, put RIT immediately above that, and move the 4
buttons up where the VFO knob is currently located.
73
Lou, W0FK
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