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

[Barry LaZar]

I use Win4K3 with CW Simmer. I can see what the band looks like in the 
spectrum display in Win4K3 and refine my selection and decode call signs 
for 1/2 the sampling rate of my sound card in CW Skimmer. Together they 
are a powerful combination. Both control the frequency tuning of your 
radio.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Bill W4ZV" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 7/28/2016 12:12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] comparing P3, LP-Pan, SDRPlay, others?

>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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