[Elecraft] K3: course wanted: Panadaptor 101

[Simon Brown (HB9DRV)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett gazdzinski" <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com>
>
> 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.
>

A decent laptop and a ferrite ring or two and you will not have any RF 
problems, especially with well-engineered Elecraft hardware.

I also await a bandscope with its own display and a computer interface so 
that I can click on a signal using the computer. An advantage of a computer 
is automatic signal detection, for example 6m is quiet most of the day, the 
computer can wake you up when it hears a beacon.

I prefer to work 15m, 10m and 6m. Using a software monitor I ended up 
working Z21FO (Zimbabwe) on 15m PSK31. I would never have seen his signal 
otherwise as I was concentrating on writing some dodgy software :-) Zimbabwe 
may not be all that rare, but for me on 15m and PSK31 it's not that common.

<g>You do realise that there's a computer in the K3? </g>

Simon HB9DRV