[Elecraft] LP PAN

[Steve Ellington]

Anti point and clickers......Imagine replacing your computer mouse with two 
knobs and a button. Remember Etch a Sketch? Once you get used to clicking on 
signals with a mouse, going back to a knob would hurt. Sure, You'll get 
there eventually, after you pass through all those other blips and forget 
what you were aiming at!


Steve
N4LQ
N4LQ at carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave - AB7E" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
To: <rkstover at mchsi.com>; <n5ge at n5ge.com>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN


>
> I fully agree.  Even more to the point, can anyone explain to me why it is 
> at all important for a panadapter to be standalone, i.e., independent of a 
> computer for either display or function?
>
> 1.  Whether I am contesting or DXing or ragchewing, my computer is always 
> connected to my K3 for logging and other functions (digital modes, memory 
> buffers, etc).  Why would I want to add another user interface in the form 
> of a keyboard or mouse connected directly to the panadapter?
>
> 2.  I guarantee I would be able to upgrade my computer for function or 
> storage capacity more easily than I could the innards of a standalone 
> panadapter.  The more dedicated hardware in the panadapter, the more 
> functionally stagnate it becomes.
>
> 3.  External monitors with MUCH larger screens that would be practical for 
> a standalone panadapter are cheap, as are video cards with dual monitor 
> ports.  What's the point of having a wide spectrum capability if the 
> display scrunches it down to VGA dimensions?
>
> 4.  Software that controlled the panadapter from the computer would almost 
> certainly integrate more easily into other software such as logging or rig 
> control programs, compared with firmware residing on the panadapter.
>
>
> So ... why add cost and size in the form of panadapter hardware that can 
> be done better and more cheaply with hardware that already exists?  Are 
> there that many K3 owners out there that use their rig like an FT-101?
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> ------Original Mail------
> From: "R. Kevin Stover" <rkstover at mchsi.com>
> To: "N5GE" <n5ge at n5ge.com>,
>    "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:38 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
>
> Click with what?
> Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter?
> That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real
> expensive.
>
> I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone
> panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo
> either performance or price wise.
>
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