[Elecraft] Idea for the P3

[Fred Jensen]

There is an option for the P3 that adds an SVGA video output [plus a few 
other features] which can drive a large monitor.  If however, you mean 
access to the internal data stream from the FFT, I don't believe it is 
available.

It would be a nice featurefor remote operators. I operate W7RN remotely 
from my home.  When my K3 is in TERM mode controlling the remote radio, 
my P3 sees the last frequency I was on locally +/- 10 KHz [I usually 
leave it on 20 KHz span], usually on 80 meters from the previous night.  
The K3 receiver, up to the ADC I think, is still operating in TERM mode, 
and I can see signals in that range.  The P3 is what I look at 99.5% of 
the time and I miss it when running remote.  The only option I would 
have now is about 60 km of RG-58 to bring the 1st IF down to my P3. [:-))

The REALLY cool option would be an IP interface and a P3-ish display for 
the control end, also with an IP interface.  I fear however that, 
although the number of remote operations is growing, it's still too 
small a market to make something like this profitable for Elecraft.

73,

Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn

On 7/3/2017 11:53 AM, Paul Wilton wrote:
> Having been playing around with the P3 for the first time, can I suggest a future feature please. Whilst the built in display is very nice, it would be helpful if it were possible to get the spectrum data in a PC in realtime (ish). There are a couple of applications for this but the main one is to integrate the waterfall/spectrum with DX spots.