[Elecraft] W9OY on P3

[Don Wilhelm]

Julian,

I just found that setting up Flex software is not a trivial task.  I 
spent 2 days getting my software installation for my Softrock/Z10000 - 
E-MU 202 soundcard addition to my K3 working.  It did not go smoothly, 
but the document that Larry Phipps wrote certainly provided great help.  
It is not a "plug n play" operation.
As a side-note, I am using a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 GB of RAM, running 
WinXP Pro and the CPU utilization ranges from 50% to 90%, so anyone 
thinking of choosing this alternative with a lesser computer had better 
think about a new computer first.  The Softrock solution is inexpensive 
*unless* one has to purchase a computer too.  If one includes the 
computer cost, the P3 is inexpensive.

73,
Don W3FPR

Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> I found it rather amusing that the bulk of this post, many paragraphs,
> contained a description of setting up a Flex station for portable use. It
> involved installing the .Net framework, installing drivers, configuring
> buffers, recalibrating the radio, installing a virtual audio cable and
> virtual serial port. Someone using a K3 would probably have got 200 contacts
> in the log by that point. I don't think it was intentional, but to me he
> just made the case for why so many of us prefer the Elecraft approach.
>