[Elecraft] comparing P3, LP-Pan, SDRPlay, others?

[Bill W4ZV]

Elecraft mailing list wrote
> Re: If you want to point and click to EXACT frequencies, I recommend CW
> Skimmer
> 
> Both CA Skimmer and Rocky have this feature.  All you need to do is click
> within a pixel or two of the desired signal and it pulls the frequency to
> zero beat the signal.  I have only used it on CW, so I don't know if it
> works for other modes.  It is similar to the CWT function.

As I said "Skimmer is the only SDR program I'm aware of that calculates
exact frequencies for its decoder dots" and I haven't researched newer
programs since 2011, so there are probably others now.  

BTW your comment assumes the calling station in question is still there for
CWT-like behavior to work.  The 599 function will send the K3 to the
frequency of the *last* station worked in the pileup, even though he's
probably no longer transmitting.  

Here's another neat thing you can do with Skimmer and a script to control it
via a mouse wheel.  I use the wheel to quickly tune up or down the band in
contests.  No need to mess with carefully positioning a mouse, pressing a
knob, etc.  Note that this is Blind Skimmer mode (no callsign decoding)
which is legal for unassisted contest categories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZDXuOgUQJ0

73,  Bill  W4ZV





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