I believe Gary Lee is working closely with Elecraft to make the K3
accessible and he is on this list.  Lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Bucher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: New Elecraft K3


> Hello,
>
>     Have you heard about the new K3?  It is available as a pre-built
> transceiver.  But before I give you the URL for it, a couple of
> things which bother me about this transceiver.  This is taken from the
> faq section. Are there any other functions performed by the two VFO
> tuning knobs? Both knobs are also used to navigate menu configuration
> options. Is the K3 compatible with visually impaired operators? Would
> like to have a voice announcement of frequency, mode, and S-meter
>    readings.
>
>    It will be. We're working with a few blind hams to optimize the
>    interface.
>
> And speaking of interface, I am also concerned about accessibility of
> the memories.  According to the manual, you use the vFO to tune the
> general purpose memories.  If you can't access them using the
> keypad, this leaves us unable to use them.  Of course there is
> also the question of menu accessibility.
>
>     I don't know who those few blind hams are, butthe voice
> announcement of frequency  mode, and S-meter won't in itself
> make the K3 accessible.
>
>     I called Elecraft and someone called me back, but he really had
> no clue what I was talking about when I tried to explain
> accessibility as far as actually being able to use the K3.  The
> faq page lists at least one contact who might know more about
> accessibility.
>
>     Here are two     URLs:  For the K3 page:
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm
>
>     And to go to the very interesting and extensive K3FAQ page:
> http://elecraft.com/K3/K3FAQ.htm
>
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