[Elecraft] C.A.T. on the K3: not just the usual command set!

[wayne burdick]

On May 4, 2007, at 4:20 PM, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:

> The word is that anything that can be done from the front panel can be
> done from the computer interface.
>

Yes. But our remote control interface also allows the computer to send 
low-level signal processing and control commands directly to both the 
main and sub receiver DSPs, bypassing the main microcontroller. There 
are on the order of 100 specialized DSP commands, including those for 
setting up arbitrary filter bandwidths and center frequencies.

I don't know if any other transceiver gives you this level of control. 
It'll be a lot of fun for software developers! For example, you could 
create your own DSP filter profiles for specialized applications.

One other tidbit: Once we've caught up with other firmware commitments, 
we hope to add stored macro capability, with supplemental commands for 
timing intervals in seconds. This would allow you to, in effect, write 
little applications that run on the K3 unattended, doing 
multi-band/-mode frequency hopping, complex beacons, hunting/scanning 
for "CQs" from specific prefixes in CW/data modes, etc. You'd be able 
to run/stop a number of individual macro sequences via the front panel.

A guy can dream, right? We'll be seeking input on all this when the 
time comes. Not yet  :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR



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