[Elecraft] K3 & SDR/IQ

[Wes Stewart]

As a part of the referenced thread, that's not what it says at all.

--- On Wed, 6/26/13, amsctalx at comcast.net <amsctalx at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: amsctalx at comcast.net <amsctalx at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & SDR/IQ
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:21 PM
> SpectraView's HF tracking mode
> doesn't allow for an IF tuning offset on frequencies higher
> than the design limit of the SDR-IQ itself. I know the IF
> frequency is well below that, but the software was never
> supported "tracking panadapter" operation on 6M to the best
> of my knowledge. You can still see the IF spectrum, but you
> won't have a operator-transparent tracking ability. 
> 
> See the Yahoo SDR-IQ group thread on the topic here: 
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDR-IQ/message/6543 
> 
> 
> Mike Alexander - N8MSA 
> 
> amsctalx at comcast.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
> 
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:04:31 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & SDR/IQ 
> 
> 
> 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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