[Elecraft] CW Skimmer Setup with K3 and KX3

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Thu Jul 23 19:34:13 EDT 2015


I believe the CW skimmer is limited to 48k bandwidth, so a 196kHz 
soundcard is not necessary for CW skimmer.
OTOH, if you are also using a Panadpater application like NaP3 or 
Win4K3, that extra bandwidth will be desirable.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/23/2015 7:12 PM, Doug Ellmore wrote:
> I suggested 196khz sound card to maximize data collection for cw
> skimming...Ever see 10m open during a CW contest?  Even 196k can't handle
> it all.
>
> But yes, you can get back with less.  On the road I often just use the
> internal sound card 48k from my Dell XPS12 and then throw up a 17' wire in
> the tree with 2 radials.
>



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