[Elecraft] K3 & SDR/IQ

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 6/26/2013 1:43 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
 > LP-Bridge will handle the serial port issue.

Maybe - if none of your software uses one of the commands that
LP-Bridge blocks or modifies.  The N1MM Logger support team will not
even accept bug reports if LP-Bridge is involved - any bug must be
duplicated and documented with LP-Bridge removed due to the known
issues.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 6/26/2013 1:43 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> LP-Bridge will handle the serial port issue.  I run the K3, Spectravue, DXBase and N1MM with one USB to Serial adapter and ports to spare.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 6/25/13, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & SDR/IQ
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 8:09 PM
>>
>>   > So how do yu set it up to watch lower end of 6m on the
>> K3, without
>>   > using a transverter?
>>
>> Connect SDR-IQ to the IF Out jack (not the RX Ant) and tune
>> SpectraVue
>> to 8.125 MHz manually *or* in SV's "ExtRadio Setup" Select
>> the K3 and
>> uncheck "HF Tracking Mode."
>>
>> Note: If you want to use the frequency tracking tied to the
>> IF, you
>> will need some kind of serial splitter to share the K3
>> serial port.
>> For more information see the SpectraVue Help file section
>> 4.2, page
>> 59 and page 58 "IF Tracking".
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>      ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>> On 6/25/2013 9:55 PM, KD7YZ Bob wrote:
>>> Howdy K3' people:
>>>
>>> I have an SDR/IQ. I also have three Elecraft
>> transverters. When I
>>> connect a BNC to the BNC-RX "T" chain, and I tune
>> Spectravue to 28.07
>>> and the 6m xv50 transverter is "on", I am looking at
>> the area around
>>> 50.070 .. I can look for beacons and Sporadic-E
>> openings.
>>>
>>> Nothing new.
>>>
>>> However, the other day,  I suspected the xv50
>> transverter to on the
>>> Fritz. So I switched to the internal 6m Rx/Tx section.
>> Made some
>>> contacts.
>>>
>>> So now I want to once again look for 6m Beacons down
>> below 50.080  .
>>> My only option seems to be the IF BNC output.
>>>
>>> I connected there and tried to set Spectravue for
>> 8.215; 10.0; 28.0 and
>>> still see nothing from 6m. I even tried to set it at
>> 50.10, to no avail.
>>>
>>> So how do yu set it up to watch lower end of 6m on the
>> K3, without
>>> using a transverter?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
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