[Elecraft] There is a new release of Win4K3Suite available

[Tom]

Hello,
There is a new version of Win4K3Suite available, version 2.018. This release
improves the entity lookup from ClubLog as well as other minor items.  You
must download this before the end of February.

Win4K3Suite is a full featured control program for the K3/S, KX3 and KX2.
It has a built in Panadapter that works with LPPAN and a sound card, as well
as the SDRPlay RSP's. It supports the KAT500, KPA500/1500 and the KXPA100 on
most of the above radios.  
A unique feature is that is has 6 built in Virtual Radios, each of which
works just like an Elecraft radio.  This allows sharing of a single COM port
with up to 6 applications.  It also has a built in HRDLogbook server and the
EiBi Shortwave database.
You see more information here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=win4k3suite
and download a fully functional 30 day trial at va2fsq.com

73 Tom
va2fsq.com

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Re: [Elecraft] There is a new release of Win4K3Suite available

[M. George]

I'm throwing out an unsolicited and not so shameless plug for Tom and
Win4K3Suite.  If you look at the eham reviews, you will see that I wrote up
a verbose review and gave Win4K3Suite a 5.  For sharing the CAT interface
on your K3/K3s, I'm not aware of anything better and as stated in the eham
review, it's worth the price just for the CAT interface sharing via com0com.

For years I have been an NaP3 and LP-PAN2 / LP-BRIDGE (CAT sharing) user.
While LP-BRIDGE works pretty well, NaP3 as always been a mixed bag where it
just hasn't been rock solid over time... in my opinion anyway.  Waiting for
LP-BRIDGE to create it's virtual serial ports is a minor nit-pick, but
Win4K3Suite and com0com have been a very rock solid / reliable solution for
me since November of last year and there is no wait for virtual com port
creation at boot time or when you start up Win4K3Suite.

As I mention in the review, I was a tough sell at first and really didn't
give it a chance.  However, I bought an SDRPlay to tinker around with on
the side and so I revisited Win4K3Suite.  Once the light turned on around
the K3/K3s CAT sharing capabilities and I took some more time to use the
band scope in Win4K3Suite, I was sold.  The feature set on the band scope
isn't as robust as NaP3, however I have grown to prefer the simplicity of
Tom's band scope implementation.  And the huge plus for Win4K3Suite is the
active support and feature updates.

I have returned to using LP-PAN2 as my pan adapter with Win4K3Suite.  The
SDRPlay is an interesting one cable solution, but the receiver and blocking
dynamic range that the SDRPlay has is not even in the same league as the
LP-PAN2 and a good 192khz sound card (not in the same universe for that
matter).  I haven't tried the new SDRPlay RSP2, but it may be worth a
look.  If you are a contester and don't want to watch a pumping spectrum
display with strong signals anywhere in the view, then I would recommend
staying away from the SDRPlay RSP1.

If you have wanted to trying something else out there for CAT interface
sharing with your K3/K3S (and other K line transceivers), you should give
the Win4K3Suite a try with the 30 day demo.  Tom has been very responsive
to resolving issues in my experience and also very responsive to questions
etc... also, if you want a solid spectrum scope / pan adapter solution that
just works and requires no baby sitting and tweaking, you should give it a
try.  The irony here is that I haven't even touched on the full graphical
interface Win4K3Suite exposes to control the Elecraft radios.

End of the unsolicited plug for Win4K3Suite... oh, one more thing, the new
3D spectrum display looks like a really cool piece of eye candy and the
remote power tool will be another nice addition.

Max NG7M

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Tom  wrote:

>
> Hi,
> There is a new release of Win4K3Suite available.  This one adds a macro
> tab in the Mini-screens allowing you to easily customize the controls you
> wish to use as well as a few fixes.
> Win4K3Suite is a comprehensive control program for the Elecraft K3, K3S,
> KX3, KX2 and allows use of the KPA500 and KAT500 with all the radios.  It
> includes support for the P3, the SDRPlay RSP 1 and 2 as well as LPPAN.  All
> third party hardware and software work with Win4K3suite via built in
> Managed Virtual serial ports.
> You can read reviews here:
> https://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11214
> and see videos of it in action here:
> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=win4k3suite
>
> Soon there will be a new product! Power4K3 – This is a turnkey solution
> for powering on your K3 or K3S via software.  It is also dual purpose, it
> has a built in serial port PTT jack allowing you to have hardware PTT with
> software like N1MM+, FLDigi and others.
> Also, check out the 3D spectrum prototype on the YouTube link.
> 73 Tom
>
> va2fsq.com
>
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[Elecraft] There is a new release of Win4K3Suite available

[Tom]

Hi,
There is a new release of Win4K3Suite available.  This one adds a macro tab in 
the Mini-screens allowing you to easily customize the controls you wish to use 
as well as a few fixes.
Win4K3Suite is a comprehensive control program for the Elecraft K3, K3S, KX3, 
KX2 and allows use of the KPA500 and KAT500 with all the radios.  It includes 
support for the P3, the SDRPlay RSP 1 and 2 as well as LPPAN.  All third party 
hardware and software work with Win4K3suite via built in Managed Virtual serial 
ports.
You can read reviews here:
https://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11214
and see videos of it in action here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=win4k3suite

Soon there will be a new product! Power4K3 – This is a turnkey solution for 
powering on your K3 or K3S via software.  It is also dual purpose, it has a 
built in serial port PTT jack allowing you to have hardware PTT with software 
like N1MM+, FLDigi and others.
Also, check out the 3D spectrum prototype on the YouTube link.
73 Tom

va2fsq.com

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