[Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?

Brett Howard brett at livecomputers.com
Fri Jul 31 19:08:24 EDT 2009


So gentlemen what is the real difference between LP-PAN and the SDR-IQ?
Seems like the main diff that I'm seeing is that one has the "sound
card" built into it....

Any other thoughts?

On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:55 -0700, Gregory Fischer wrote:
> Thanks Bruce.  It didn't but that's because I don't have the K3  
> connected directly to the SDR-IQ.
> 
> What I had to do after some trial and error was to go to the USB  
> device properties and tell it to set up a virtual com port (in device  
> manager).  Then I set LP-Bridge to the same port and restarted  
> everything.
> 
> Now after a little tweaking of the IF freq and zero-beating with a sig  
> generator it seems right on and tracks/controls the K3 fine.
> 
> 73
> Greg
> AB7R
> 
> 
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Bruce McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> > Start up SDR.  Then push the setup button and the cat submenu button  
> > when it
> > comes up.  You'll then see a choice of which com port you wish to  
> > use along
> > with the other parameters that are necessary to be set up.  That  
> > should do
> > the trick.
> >
> > Bruce-W8FU
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gregory Fischer
> > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:16 PM
> > To: Elecraft Reflector
> > Subject: [Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?
> >
> > Looking for some assistance in setting up SDR-IQ.  I ran the setup and
> > connected the IQ and it is receiving sigs from the K3's IF.
> >
> > The problem is I cannot get it to communicate with the K3 to follow
> > frequency changes from the radio....or when clicking on a signal to
> > have it change the radios frequency.
> >
> > I would have thought that after the setup I would find something for
> > the SDR-IQ in the device manager but I don't.....no com port setup for
> > it or anything.  Did I miss a step somewhere?
> >
> > THanks
> > Greg
> > AB7R
> >
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