[Elecraft] time to order your P3, design details?

[Don Wilhelm]

The P3 is "no computer required".  Just like the K3, a computer is only 
required to load the firmware.
Yes, there are some who feel a computer can enhance operation, but it 
certainly is not a requirement - no drivers to load at all, just the 
Utility program to run if you want to load firmware.

73,
Don W3FPR

lstavenhagen wrote:
> Well, personally I'm not going to pester elecraft about it because my actual
> interest in it is fairly low. So I'd prefer to just read the manual and not
> hassle anyone about it. 
>
> I'm still a bit of a Luddite about this particular direction in rigs as
> these seem to me a little like reaching around the back, over the shoulders,
> down between the legs and then up the front just to scratch one's nose. And
> anything where I have to fight Windows and the ever-present associated
> Byzantine array of (usually broken) drivers, boards, cables, etc., just
> makes my eyes roll back into my head (probably because I have to fight that
> stuff all day at work and am done by 5:20 pm hi hi). So just can't seem to
> keep my interest up in all that stuff.
>
> But, back to the P3, if it's a simple, self-contained and easy-to-use
> addition to the normal capabilities of the rig, it could still be intriguing
> for me..... 
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