[Elecraft] P3 for Windows anyone?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 4/10/2012 7:37 AM, John Ragle wrote:
>
> Third, with the exception of NaP3, available software for LP-Pan or
> any of the SDRs is terribly designed and tends to take up an entire
> screen in itself.

NaP3 is just as bad as any of the other software for LP-PAN (or any
other IF/soundcard based system) and is virtually indistinguishable
from PowerSDR-IF Stage in the collapsed mode.  In addition, NaP3's
insists on controlling width/shift of the K3 such that it becomes
impossible to use the K3/KRX3 and the demodulator capability of the
underlying PowerSDR code at the same time.  Finally, by deleting the
CAT interface from the underlying PowerSDR code, it is not possible
to use NaP3 at the same time as a logging program (or other CAT
application like CW Skimmer) without resorting to LP-Bridge/LPB2
which have been documented to cause issues with many loggers (e.g.,
N1MM Logger, DXLab Suite, etc.).

> I operate PSK at various speeds, RTTY, Olivia and other similar
> modes, Hellschreiber, MS and JT modes, etc. in addition to CW and SSB
> on bands through 432 MHz. The stand-alone pair cannot do many of
> these modes.

Neither can any of the other SDR Consoles (NaP3, PowerSDR-IF, etc.)
unless you are coupling their "receiver" code to a separate digital
mode program via virtual audio cables or looping line out audio back
to a separate sound card.

As a pure *panadapter* the SDR consoles have fewer capabilities and
less flexibility than the P3.  Further the SDR console/sound card
approach imposes a rather steep performance penalty on modest
computers.


73,

    ... Joe, W4TV