[Elecraft] CW Skimmer & K3

Greg ab7r at cablespeed.com
Wed Nov 28 11:32:37 EST 2012


Exactly....I left out the part about the splitter. :)

On 11/28/12, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> Yep, you can do that.  I have a magic-tee splitter that goes between RX
> OUT and RX IN, so that I can switch my QS1R in and out.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 11/28/2012 10:19 AM, Greg wrote:
>> I must be crazy but I had an SDR-IQ connected to the RX OUT and used
>> the rig control in the software connected to a VCP with LP Bridge and
>> it worked fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/28/12, KQ8M <kq8m at kq8m.com> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately no, it only decodes +/- 12kHz. In the setup you use SDR-IF
>>> not
>>> SDR-IQ so you can control the radio. The software is
>>> limited to +/- 12. The author cannot/will not expand that.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Tim Herrick, KQ8M
>>> Charter Member North Coast Contesters
>>> kq8m at kq8m.com
>>>
>>> AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org
>>> User Ports: 23, 7373  with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer
>>> Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:38 AM
>>> To: David Gilbert
>>> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Skimmer & K3
>>>
>>> If you use an sdr-iq with the K3 CWS will decode up to 190 kHz I
>>> believe.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>   On Nov 27, 2012 9:33 PM, "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> CW Skimmer is indeed a pretty cool piece of software, but it doesn't
>>>> work
>>>> like that.  Unless you also have some sort of SDR front end, all you'll
>>>> be
>>>> able to get with CW Skimmer is a display of the audio passband.  For a
>>>> display of stations outside that passband you need an additional piece
>>>> of
>>>> hardware that takes the IF out from the K3 and processes it so that it
>>>> can
>>>> be handled by your sound card and CW Skimmer.  Even then, CW Skimmer
>>>> has
>>>> a
>>>> limitation in "IF mode" that restricts what you see to something like
>>>> +/-
>>>> 12 KHz.
>>>>
>>>> Even if you decide to go with something else, there's a lot of good
>>>> information on the LP-Pan website.
>>>>
>>>> Dave   AB7E
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/27/2012 10:19 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm always curious to try a new software & I thought CW skimmer looks
>>>>> interesting. I'm wondering if anyone here is using it with their K3
>>>>> and if so, what did you find was the best way to connect it to the
>>>>> K3?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have both the internal Realtek soundcard built into the PC
>>>>> motherboard and I have a E-MU USB soundcard which has XLR & 1/4"
>>>>> inputs for left & right. There's optical & S/PDIF inputs as well but
>>>>> the K3 doesn't have those outputs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>> KA1J
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