[Elecraft] KX3 APRS and AX.25

[Barry LaZar]

Rob,
     If all you plan to do is run packet/APRS on 2 meters, I would 
suggest that the KX3 is a waste of a good radio. You'd be better served  
by buying an inexpensive 2 meter FM rig. It has everything you should 
need, and I'm unaware of any APRS activity on 70 cm.

     There are two meter rigs that already have TNCs built in like the 
ones that Kenwood sells. Or you can use software TNCs by just using the 
audio in and out of a sound card. When you think about it, there are 
good reasons to have separate VHF and HF gear.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Rob Ogilvie" <rob at axpr.net>
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 12/29/2015 4:06:36 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 APRS and AX.25

>Howdy!
>
>I'm quite intrigued by what the KX3 can potentially do as an SDR, and 
>am
>considering trying to get one.  There are some downsides to the KX3 
>I've
>noted (price and lack of 70cm being two big ones), but the 
>possibilities it
>opens up are pretty awesome to imagine.
>
>I've been playing around quite a bit with packet (AX.25 and APRS over 
>2m
>thus far) and am having a hard time figuring out if the KX3 offers
>advantages over a traditional transceiver's data port.  They both 
>/appear/
>to require a TNC, although I'm not entirely sure if that's actually the
>case with the KX3.
>
>Is anybody doing 2m AX.25/APRS over their KX3 who could share some 
>details
>about their setup?  I'm really close to sticking with a simple VHF/UHF
>mobile instead of the KX3 as packet is a majority of what I'm 
>interested in
>right now; then upgrade to a KX3 when I have the time to get into HF - 
>but
>if the KX3 offers true advantages in this space, I may get my forever 
>radio
>in a KX3 now...
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Rob / K8AXE
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