[Elecraft] Idea for the P3

[Allan Zadiraka]

The WIN4K3 rig control software provides control of the P3 as well as the
K3.  With a VGA capture card feeding the VGA image to the computer over a
USB 3.0 connection, the P3 is replicated in a resizeable window on the
computer. It adds the ability to point & click on the screen or use the
mouse roll wheel to tune the K3 frequency..  With it, I almost never look
at or touch the P3 itself and am thinking about moving the P3 off the
operating desk.

zeke,  ab8ou


On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> The P3 does not have a digital data stream output, and I am certain what
> it has is not compatible with any input to the computer.
> You can add the SVGA option to obtain a greatly enlarged display, keyboard
> support for entering data mode text or CW, and display of the K3 decoded
> PSK31/63, RTTY or CW.
>
> If you want to continue to use the SoftRock in conjunction with the P3,
> there is an IF OUT from the P3 which will allow you to do exactly that.
>
> BTW, some other hams used my K3 with P3 for the CW station at Field Day.
> At several points they commented "It is like shooting fish in a barrel!".
> They ended up looking at the P3 rather than at the K3 display most of the
> time although they tuned with the K3 VFO knob and did not try to point with
> the marker and tap the knob to QSY.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 7/3/2017 2:53 PM, 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. At the moment I run N1MM+
>> for VHF contesting. My station is optimised for Search and Pounce (S&P). I
>> have an IF tap into my K2 and use a soft rock plus USB sound card to get a
>> waterfall band map using Waterfall Bandmap(WBM).  WBM integrates with N1MM+
>> and shows cluster spots/stations I have worked) along the frequency axis.
>> Hence if I see signals in the waterfall I can quickly see if I have
>> worked/need them.
>>
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