[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

[Bill Tippett]

         Very interesting news Craig!  Especially the
SDR issues we previously discussed here on the list:

LP-Pan SDR Panadapter for Elecraft K3 (prototype stage)...

* Optimized for K3
* Up to +/- 96 kHz display on PC
* 8.215 MHz center frequency for centered display
* Switching quadrature detector for 100dB dynamic range
* < -130dBm noise floor
* Buffer amp with very high LO isolation
* Fully isolated inputs / outputs with high quality audio xfmrs
* Works with many SDR programs... custom app to come
* Point and click frequency control with PowerSDR and HRD
* Shielded metal enclosure in development

         For those who say "Real radios don't need knobs",
below is an interesting quote from K1LT.  Vic recently wrote
up a description of his 4-receiver SDR prototype used in
a warm up for the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge:

"The second problem became apparent when numerous weaker European
stations were calling: not enough (any) knobs!  When trying to copy a
barely audible weak CW signal, this operator tweaks the incremental
tuning, the pass-band shape, and the antenna direction to try an find
the best copy.  Often, these settings change during the course of a
difficult QSO as propagation changes (fading).  So, a mouse or
keyboard based user interface does not make for rapid tweaking."

http://dayton.contesting.com/pipermail/topband/2007-October/027447.html

         It's going to be really fun to watch this develop with the K3!

                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  Another typo...Larry's call is N8LP...not K8LP.