Wow, I am glad to hear that.  How can we support the designer and 
manufacturer?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Cozzolino" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers


> hello lou, you can tell where the compressor and mic gain are set
> with the ham pod but you are correct the alc is not accessible yet
> through the serial port.  i have my processor set at 22 and my mic
> gain set at 17 and once you know where the gains need to be set you
> really don't need the alc info.  and jim the radio does talk the info
> on the display, so if you are in rtty and you get a signal tuned in
> the speech speaks the words that are going across the display.  the
> adjustment is very critical which is the firmware in the radio not
> the hampod.  the hampod just reports what is on the display.  i have
> the hampod here also and was the first to have one because i worked
> with rob to get it going.  guess you could say i was his ginni pig
> smile.also what you should all know is that the hampod was not
> designed only for the k3, but it will eventually be made to read the
> info that is available on any radio that outputs the data to the
> serial port.  he will have to get his hands on each radio and modify
> the hampods firmware to work on that radio.  the hampod also has two
> inputs one for the radio and the other can be used to make your rotor
> talk or a wattmeter or any accessory that has a serial port and
> outputs the info to it.  so a hampod is really just beginning and
> will evolve into a great accessibility device.  guess that is all i
> can think of to tell you but lookout the hampod is here.  take care,
> c u 73 mike w6quv
>
>
>
> At 03:01 AM 8/23/2012, you wrote:
>>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
>>Messages On-hold:
>>www.loukolb.com
>>----- 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