So for my home station, my PR77d still plugs into the front and my phones in the back, just like my K3S/K3 now.
Sure wish the second phone and 8-pin Foster plug were on rear. And USB beside the Power button. Oh, well. Still want it. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jun 2, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > Yes. You can have phones and mics plugged in both front/rear at the same time. > > Wayne > > >> On Jun 1, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote: >> >> Yes. But will it support two phones and two mics? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ...nr4c. bill >> >> >>> On Jun 1, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >>> >>> The K4 has rear panel mic, speaker, and USB-A jacks for those who don't >>> want anything plugged in at the front. >>> >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 1, 2019, at 10:54 AM, David Bunte <dpbu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Bill - >>>> >>>> I'll turn 76 this month, and have significant peripheral neuropathy, so I >>>> can understand what you are concerned about... but it has never been an >>>> issue with me and my K3 because I have NEVER connected ANYTHING to the >>>> phone or mic jacks on the front of the radio. I have used the rear jacks >>>> ever since I got my radio in 2011. That way the headset cables are routed >>>> under my operating desk and are thus never in the way of my keyboard, or my >>>> hands as I do operate the radio with my left (non-dominate) hand. >>>> >>>> Using the rear jacks rather than the front ones may be a zero to very >>>> low-cost solution to those connectors being in the way. >>>> >>>> Best of luck. >>>> >>>> Dave - K9FN >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 11:59 AM Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My thoughts on gandedness: >>>>> >>>>> My complaint about most Radio’s is placement of phone and mic jacks on >>>>> front panels adjacent to control knobs. The RF and AUDIO gain controls are >>>>> still right next to the mic and phone along with a potential YSB cable. >>>>> >>>>> Put these connectors near “push” button controls. Or on the back panel. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I’m 76 years old with moderate loss of feeling in fingertips and a lot of >>>>> arthritis so adjusting the gains on my K3S is difficult. Maybe there will >>>>> be a “slider” on my K4 panel. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> ...nr4c. bill >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 1, 2019, at 11:37 AM, w7aqk <w7...@cox.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmmm! Even if it were true (that the K4 favored right handers), that >>>>> wouldn't be a disadvantage to me, and I am very left handed!! I've almost >>>>> always favored setting up my radios on my right side, and operating the >>>>> controls with my right hand. My left hand is then free to either write, >>>>> send on my paddle, or whatever! Now, I do have the ability to do certain >>>>> things right handed, but not the kind of things that require great >>>>> precision. I even play golf right handed, and bat right handed in >>>>> baseball, but that is more a matter of how I was taught and the equipment >>>>> available. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've often thought I should learn to send CW right handed, but never >>>>> have done it. I can run an adding machine right handed, but again that >>>>> was >>>>> almost forced on me by the design. In short, I don't know why people want >>>>> to rely so heavily on their dominant hand. It really is inconvenient to >>>>> do >>>>> so. Controlling a radio with your "opposite" hand can't be that difficult >>>>> a task, and the benefits of doing so are many. You want your dominate >>>>> hand >>>>> to be free and available for the kinds of tasks that really require the >>>>> most dexterity. Spinning a dial isn't one of them!!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave W7AQK >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
