Jim,

The Hampod has a doubletalk synth so everything it says is in that voice. 
It does give excellent access to the K3 display and to the menus and I can 
attest that everything Armand says about Rob and his service are absolutely 
true.

In the interest of accuracy, though, I should point out that there is one 
thing we can't do with the hampod yet and that is setting audio input 
levels.  This is not a hampod issue but rather a K3 issue.  That info just 
isn't available to the serial port yet.  I know Rob has been in contact with 
Elecraft about it and hopefully  it will be fixed soon.  There is no doubt 
though that the K3 performance and the hampod access makes an extremely 
powerful package.
Lou Kolb
Voice-over Artist:
Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers


> Hi Armand, man that Elecraft sounds terrific! The the hampod give
> you voice or CW output? I thought it was CW only, but you make it
> sound like the things speaks everything including when your
> dinner's ready and when you should  do your laundry etc.  Heck, I
> graduated from a Drake Tr-4c to a Kenwood Ts-480 with speech so I
> think that's the cat's meow.  Guess you'll have to bring the
> Elecraft to an a's game where we can meet up so I can check it
> out.  Smile! y73, Jim WA6EKS