[Elecraft] K3: course wanted: Panadaptor 101

[Brett gazdzinski]

I don't want and wont have a computer in the shack.

I wonder why they can not down convert the IF to something
a cheap sound card could handle easy, or maybe they do?

Down convert, product detector, audio to sound card?

I personally would love a simple bandscope, with maybe a mouse
or some way to click on a signal to set the k3 to move the vfo
there, but just a band scope would be enough, without using
a hash generating, space hogging, expensive PC.

Brett
N2DTS



> 
> Hi all:
> 
> Just as lots of folks needed a tutorial on what a roofing is (and
> isn't), I'm sure there are at least an equal number (now including me)
> that need an introductory course on Pan displays (specifically, what
> we forecast Elecraft might do versus what Softrock can already do -
> and not do).
> 
> It is hard for me to (currently) understand how there is something out
> there already for US$11.00 that apparently provides "what is wanted."
> Or maybe it doesn't?
> 
> I gather that we need a PC to run Softrock and if you're like me (with
> kids), you have lots of computers around the house that are "old" or
> minimally used, or currently in use in the shack but with lots of
> untapped horsepower still available.  Or maybe you just need an excuse
> to upgrade.
> 
> I have noted the article in a recent QST on soundcards and I wonder if
> we need "the best" sound card to simply get a Pan display (not running
> an SDR radio).
> 
> What sort of additional functionality might Elecraft include on
> "theirs" that would not be available in the Softrock (looking for
> conjecture)?
> 
> And if you can bascially "do this" for $11.00 (assuming we already
> have a PC we can use/share for this app), why would Elecraft even
> bother to start to design their own Pan display?
> 
> And my final request for the gurus here...please keep it simple and
> take an operational approach.  I don't care "how" it does it, I want
> to know how the user can USE it, and to compare/contrast Softrock and
> whatever E might come out with.
> 
> Thanks,
> de Doug KR2Q
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