[Elecraft] LP-PAN 2 and P3

[Alan]

On 10/14/2015 11:33 PM, David Gilbert wrote:

> p.s.  As far as I know, the P3 has to generate its own I-Q signals
> internally.  I've never understood why Elecraft didn't provide them as
> buffered outputs from the P3 to make it more versatile.  Somebody please
> correct me if I'm wrong here.

The P3 does convert the IF signal to I and Q, but it is all done 
digitally.  To get analog I/Q out of the P3 would require adding a dual 
DAC (digital to analog converter) and some kind of anti-alias filter 
that would handle the variable sample rate.

Alan