I've seen lots of used LP-PAN's being sold with a sound card for under $200. A new LP-PAN is $250 and a good sound card can be found for under $70. As far as the computer goes, I'm running NaP3 on a 2008 vintage E8600 processor (simultaneously running AC Log, NaP3, CC User, LP-Bridge, DigiPan, MMTTY, and CW Get). Any computer less than ten years old should be up to the job (A fast enough computer can be purchased for less than the price of a KIO3B :-).
Steve N9SZ >You're forgetting the cost of the computer and the sound card. My >experience has been that NaP3 and other SDR software burns a fair amount >of computer horsepower. Many of us use a vintage computer in our shacks >for general logging, digital encode/decode, and contest logging. In my >experience, I can't successfully add NaP3 to a vintage box that is >handling all of those other functions quite well. > >73, Jim K9YC On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 2:04 PM, zabarnick . <zabarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually the big advantage is the combined panadapter and second receiver > that the LP-PAN/NaP3 combination gives. > It can be challenging getting the full 2nd receiver capability working, > but once you do it offers many of the capabilities > (e.g., listening to VFO A and B simultaneously) that would require both > the P3 and the K3 second receiver. > > Also, the LP-PAN/NaP3 combination is MUCH less expensive than buying the > P3/KRX3 combination -- $200 to $300 for > the LP-PAN/NaP3 including a quality sound card vs at least $1300 for the > P3/KRX3 combo. > > Steve N9SZ > > >Juliean, IMHO the quality is comparable between P3/SVGA and LP-PAN/NaP3. > >Here's an image from an LP-PAN/NaP3 panadapter that I used a while back on > >an Orion: > >http://www.tentecwiki.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=orionpan3.jpg > > > >The big issue is whether you want to deal with the computer interface side > >of LP-PAN/NaP3 and the necessary port-sharing if you also want to use a > >CAT-connected logging program. You'll also need to get all the settings > >right in NaP3 for the panadapter calibration to be accurate in all modes. > > > >The big advantage of NaP3 over other LP-PAN software options is the > >integral telnet connection that will paint a bandmap superimposed on the > >spectral display. > > > >73, Barry N1EU > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
