[Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

[Don Wilhelm]

Unfortunately, Tony will not be offering the Softrock 62 with the 
crystal for the K3 IF anymore.

You can get one of the frequency agile Softrocks and set it to the K3 IF 
frequency.
HOWEVER, I need to point out that you will also need some sort of buffer 
between the K3 and the Softrock to keep from feeding the Softrock 
oscillator signal back into the IF of the K3 (and reducing its 
sensitivity.  The Z10000 buffer amplifier from Clifton Labs is the 
preferred solution.

There is also a "ready-made" solution, and that is LP-Pan from 
Telepost.com.  That unit is well supported on the LP-Pan yahoo group.  
LP-Bridge is also available that will allow you to connect several 
applications to your K3 (or KX3) at the same time.

The P3 does make a nice package for a panadapter, but there are lower 
cost alternatives that may meet your requirements.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/4/2012 6:17 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2012 04 Aug 14:06 -0500, Tony Estep wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Kevin Kleinfelter <kevin at kleinfelter.com>wrote:
>>
>>> ...I've become attached to a 'waterfall' display...
>> ==========
>> The K3 has IF out, which can be used with a cheap Softrock to give you a
>> great display via NaP3 or other SDR software.
> Assuming a softrock can be found.  Whenever I check the Web page the
> status is not available.  Sending an email results in a reply of no
> availability planned.  :-(  Most likely the only source is someone
> selling one after they've decided to move onto something else.
>
> 73, de Nate, N0NB >>
>