[Elecraft] K3 and SDR Integration

[Simon Brown (HB9DRV)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>

>         W0YK's comment about missing the Pro3 bandscope
> reminded me of this.  I hope someone (K8ZOA, HB9DRV,
> N4PY or ?) will look into integrating SDR software (Rocky,
> PowerSDR, etc) with the K3 and Softrock hardware on the
> K3's 8.215 MHz IF output.  What I would love to see is:
>
> 1.  A bandscope display (good sensitivity and resolution).
> 2.  The ability to place a cursor on a signal of interest.
> 3.  Clicking the cursor moves the K3 VFO to that frequency.
> 4.  Perhaps add a waterfall display for weak signal work.
>

I personally think that going the SDR route is overkill - and requires a ton 
of code. But - having had a bandscope on my IC-7800 (now sold) I would 
dearly like a bandscope. I do hope that Wayne and Eric and their friends 
will investigate and design this once the dust settles later this year.

I honestly don't want to get inside the SDR code - I just don't have the 
time. At one stage I was planning to do this but I'm having to spend 
significant time on my commercial activities.

An Elecraft or Elecraft-approved bandscope with a serial or USB interface 
would be my preference so that I can integrate it with my software.

I like the projects on http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/ .

Simon HB9DRV