Guys,
Before trashing this, one actually needs to use it as I have for years.
I've used it with the ROCKY (free) panadapter program and SKIMMER ($75)
cw decode program. You do need an SDR and available sound card to use them.
ROCKY is a bare bones spectrum display. It can be sized and easily fit
on your computer display along witht logging programs which don't hog
the entire display. This is where a panadapter diisplay ought to be
IMHO. The frequency scale is relative in KHz. It is not the rigs
frequency. There are no bells and whistles like point and click.
Despite these short commings it is perfectly adequate for busting
pileups. You simply tune the subrx to the blip that you think the DX
is working and ID it by ear. There is no concern about offsets et
al. It is simplicity and works great. Only occasionally have I
wished for a bit more. A bit more turns out to be SKIMMER.
The next step up is SKIMMER. It has rig control and displays a true
frequency scale. While you could probably use the display on phone,
its main purpose is to decode all the CW signals within its 24KHz decode
window. There is point and click and spotting of decoded signals. It
provides a band map and also a tabulation of calls decoded that can be
displayed sorted alphabetically. There also exists a program that moves
the 24 KHz window around with user set dwell times. SKIMMER is
excellent for contests and busting very difficult CW pileups -- if you
can hear most of the calling stations. For CW contests it is in
invisible second op spot generator that nicely feeds N1MM and other
contest programs. These spots are high value spots in that you're
actually hearing them.
While none of this approaches the P3's sophistication. I have found it
to be perfectly adequate. I'm not influenced by how sexy the display
is or a bunch of bells and whistles. KISS is what I'm happy with.
Try it, you may like it.
I'm just a satisfied user I have in pecuniary interests in either program.
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 1/28/2015 10:36 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote:
Harry,
While its a nice idea there are a couple of commands missing in the api to
allow this to be done properly. If all you are interested is seeing the
spectrum and doing qsys it probably is possible. But to do the job
semi-correctly you would need some customized code to do so.
Tom
va2fsq.com
On Jan 28, 2015 10:10 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
wrote:
Thank you
I already have the Clifton labs Buffer amp and a softrock lite that I was got a
while ago.
It would be interesting if a Second P3 could be hooked up,I suspect it would
have to be coded for the P3 to know what VFO it is looking at.
I'll have to look into if someone already has written a NaP3 type program that
supports 2 Receivers(I only played with that program briefly and found it to be
nice)
From: Mike Harris <mike.har...@horizon.co.fk>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3?
See PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) Newsletter June 2012.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
On 28/01/2015 18:20, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
That would be nice
You could run two P3s
From: Doug Ellmore <d...@ellmore.net>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:39 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3?
Is there a way to get the IF out of the optional 2nd receiver of a K3?
In addition to looking at two different bands in HF, I am thinking it would
be great to be able to look at both 6m and 2m for field day with one K3.
Doug NA1DX
na...@arrl.net
www.ellmore.net/na1dx
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