[Elecraft] Best SDR Software on Mac with KX3

Elwood C. Downey ecdowney at clearskyinstitute.com
Tue Sep 17 12:37:48 EDT 2013


> I'm interested in using my MacBook Air with the KX3.  Any advice on the best SDR software to use?

If you mean using the IQ output, I never found any that was satisfactory, although that was about six months
ago, there might be something better now. The best I found at the time was DSP Radio by DL2SDR which did
work but I found it rather difficult to use because the cursor position does not scale correctly with the
graphical pan display.

I ended up running the IQ to an iMic then to an iPad mini running iSDR. Even if I found a good SDR package
for the Air I might stay with this anyway because it keeps the broad view always visible even when the Air's
screen is already crowded.

As for the rest, I use fldigi for rig control, audio highjack to monitor the audio, and aetherlog for logging.

In the field, I use pencil and paper :-)

Good luck,

73, Elwood, WB0OEW



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