[Elecraft] K3/0 all in one box? + P3/0

[Edward R Cole]

Jeff and others:

I suspect recovering the P3 image remotely may take a bit of 
engineering as it is meant for local use.  I believe the P3 takes the 
K3 IF as input (and that is 8.215 MHz wideband RF).  The idea of 
using the LP-Pan may be better as one has broadband IQ output which 
could be sent to a soundcard for digitizing and transmission via the 
remote link in some manner.  That would provide the wideband digital 
IQ as data at the control station.  One would run their choice of 
panadaptor sw to view it.  But this would not be the P3 display.

Perhaps Elecraft may someday provide digital output from the P3 for 
remoting?  Obviously the P3 generates this at some point in the ckt.

I follow with mild interest.  My concept for a remote station is a 
full-station built into a toy-hauler trailer with foldover mast to 
set up antennas.  Then one only needs internet (wifi?) access at the 
remote site whether that be the cabin or a spare lot somewhere or a 
friend's backyard.  To be super-mobile remote add a satellite uplink 
to feed the internet (very common in the bush up here), and ...Think 
solar power.

73, Ed - KL7UW
I can see this unit parked in a storage lot someday with me an old 
codger living in assisted-living with a computer for control; 
essentially the same situation as someone with CC&R.

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  Sorry for my confusion, I was thinking IQ as the usable form of IF at the
control site, not the raw 8 mHz IF. My idea would be to somehow get the IQ
output from a LP-Pan or similar device, add another box on either end to
send and receive the IQ data, then simply use the control stations computer
soundcard and run your panadapter software of choice. Only problem here is I
don't have a clue on what to use for the remoting of the IQ output from the
LP-Pan...
  All this non-portable, not suited for hotel room use would work for me as I
will be at a desktop computer for 6 months or so while remoting from my
summer home.
  And of course to not stray from the original topic, it would be nice to
have the control station use a P3 with the extra data lines intergraded into
the 1258, or K3/0 mini mark II  :-).


73 Jeff kb2m


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