[Elecraft] Kx3 RxIQ

[Brian Waterworth]

Hi Chris,

Wirelessly (wlan) through the pignology piglet for rig control.  The piglet
establishes a hotspot to which the iPad will connect.  I used the Apple
camera adapter (lightning port version for iPad Air) coupled to a Griffin
iMic.  The camera adapter is poorly named as it really just offers a USB
port to the iPad.  The KX3 RX I/O plugs into the stereo input connector of
the iMic; must use a USB sound card with stereo input as many USB sound
cards do not have stereo mic inputs.  Also, the USB sound cards (small USB
drive like devices) seldom have wide bandwidth ( > 44.1khz).  Another
reason the PX3 is so nice as it has 200 khz bandwidth.

Note: iSDR will actually recognize the piglet and use it for rig control
when the piglet is wirelessly connected to the iPad.  So, Hamlog and iSDR
both use the piglet; a nice bonus when more than one app will use the
hardware.

There are lots of youtube videos of Hams who have this set-up if you are
interested to learn more from actual tutorial-like experiences.  That is
how I learned.  Have a look at Jerry Taylor's channel (KD0BIK) on youtube
and specifically the KX3 videos.  They helped me a lot.  There are also
videos from other hams on iSDR, Griffin iMic, iPad, and the KX3.

regards,
Brian
VE3IBW

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Chris Hallinan <challinan at gmail.com> wrote:

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