[Elecraft] P3 vs. other panadapter options

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,12/24/2015 11:04 AM, zabarnick . wrote:
> Also, the LP-PAN/NaP3 combination is MUCH less expensive than buying the
> P3/KRX3 combination -- $200 to $300 for the LP-PAN/NaP3 including a quality sound card vs at least $1300 for the P3/KRX3 combo.

You're forgetting the cost of the computer and the sound card.  My 
experience has been that NaP3 and other SDR software burns a fair amount 
of computer horsepower.  Many of us use a vintage computer in our shacks 
for general logging, digital encode/decode, and contest logging. In my 
experience, I can't successfully add NaP3 to a vintage box that is 
handling all of those other functions quite well.

73, Jim K9YC