[Elecraft] a real bandscope

[dalej]

On 19, May 2008, at 10:10, Vic K2VCO wrote:

> Charles Harpole wrote:
>> If u would like a real bandscope with a completely real time
>> oscilloscope-like trace (as well as a xmas tree), get the SM-220 or
>> SM-230 from Kenwood.  Probably no longer made, they mate with the
>> TS-950 and its juniors and really work even when u are turning the
>> tuning knob.  Likely Kenwood lovers will not part with theirs, so gud
>> luck on finding one.  No computer needed at all.   This OLD
>> TECHNOLOGY remains superior to anything I've seen in the new market
>> today.  Too bad it must mate with such a medium-performing rcvr.
>
> I have to disagree. I had one, and the bandwidth of the filter used  
> is so wide that it's impossible to distinguish cw signals a few kHz  
> apart. It definitely does not provide the kind of display found, for  
> example, on newer ICOM rigs.
>
> I too would like a standalone panadapter (bandscope, whatever) that  
> does not require a computer, but I don't miss the Kenwood unit.
>
> -- 
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco



Count me in on a stand alone spectrum display, a small black box with  
a VGA connector.  I don't want to be tethered to a computer though.  I  
agree on the SM230/220, had them both and neither on holds a candle to  
the Icom bandscope, for receiving

Dale, K9VUJ