If what you want is a good panadapter for the K3, the P3 is hard to beat, in my opinion.
I started my panadapter journey on the K3 the cheapest way possible - a softrock receiver on the IF, fed to the internal sound card on my PC. I was never able to tame the large 'spike' at the IF frequency. I then switched to an external USB sound card (Xonar U7) which was better, but still not great. Then i got a SDRPlay RSP1, which makes a pretty decent panadapter, but was not really happy with any of the SDR software that i tried (and I tried several). Finally, I built a P3 kit. The P3 requires far less fiddling around that any of the other things I used before. I was concerned about the small display, but found it perfectly adequate for me. Your mileage may vary. I did hook up the RSP1 to the IF Out of the P3 to try it with Win4K3, with the idea of getting 'point and click QSY' with the mouse. That worked, but I found that I didn't really use it, so I'm back to just using the P3. I guess I like the fact that it just works - no need to launch software, mess with configuration of SDR options, fiddle with calibration to get the frequency on the screen aligned with the frequency on the K3, etc. I have not tried SpectraVue as suggested by N7WS...perhaps i should. I found HDSDR and even Rocky just too much bother just to get a useful panadapter. I do not have the SVGA option, so cannot comment on that. My only gripe with the P3 is the way it implements the QSY function. You need to move the marker with that tiny knob, then push the knob to make the VFO jump to the marker. I often wind up bumping the rotational position of the knob when pushing it in, and/or pushing the whole unit backwards on the desk. So, I seldom use that function. Instead, I move the P3 VFOB indicator to the signal of interest with the VFOB knob on the K3, and hit A/B on the radio to jump there. If I could manipulate the markers and the 'QSY to marker' function with a KPod, I'd consider buying one. On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 8:18 AM Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > I guess I have to repeat myself: > > "SpectraVue software is the only SDR software I've ever liked. It > interfaces > with the K3 seamlessly. Every other program I've tried has been > installed and > quickly uninstalled. Sometimes more than once, usually having me ask > myself, > "Self, what were you thinking?" before uninstalling again. Apparently, > programmers do not think like normal people do and try to turn a relatively > simple tool into a video game. " Sorry Lyle:-) > > And I did know how to turn the MF filter on and off. > > Wes N7WS > > > On 9/27/2017 8:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > Hi Wes, > > > > There are probably at least a half dozen pieces of software written to > use the > > output of SDRs in the way that suits individual hams. SDRUno is the one > they > > paid someone for, but before I gave up on the radio, I'd try the > others. Most > > (if not all) are freeware. One of the first I'd look at is Simon Brown's > > contribution (he was the original author of HRD when it was freeware, > sold it > > to current owners when he got tired of answering support questions. > > > > Another issue may be that you haven't figured out how to switch in the > BCB > > filter. That's another issue with all of this stuff -- documentation, > user > > interface that not even the programmer's mother could love, etc. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 dave.w...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
