Aha, NOW the proposed add on module makes sense to me... assuming one already has a P3 (as I do), adding this will make the P3 appear as a USB device to SDR software on a PC (much like a SDRPlay or RTL SDR dongle. Correct?
What will be the advantages of this versus connecting a SDRPlay, etc to the P3 IF Out? On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 8:31 AM Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Nice explanation, Don. > > However, when we do an I/Q add-on for the P3, it will be fully digital > (like a USB sound card), not analog (like the KX3’s RX I/Q outputs). > > These digital signals already exist in the P3; we just need to repackage > them for use with a computer. > > Wayne > N6KR > > Don Wilhelm wrote: > > > The KX3 has I/Q signals (and I/Q outputs) because the I/Q signals are at > baseband (audio frequency spectrum). .... > > > The current fact is that the K3 I/Q signals exist, but they are only in > the digital world. The P3 does extract them, but for purposes of the P3, > they remain in the digital world. > > Getting those signals into the analog world will take some work and > design effort. It is more complex than a digital to analog converter. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
