[Elecraft] Idea for the P3

[Paul Wilton]

Don
Thanks for the answer.  Yes, fully aware that it doesn’t already do this.  However, I note that the SVGA option has a spare type B USB port on it for future use.  My thought was that you could use some additional hardware to send a stream of data down it. It wouldn’t take much hardware - it could even look like a soundcard in the same way as a FunCube dongle.

The advantage is that once in a computer, the data stream can be manipulated in far more ways.  It does change operating, at the UK VHF NFD I set up the P3 with a monitor and it revolutionised operation for some the my local club members.


Paul
M1CNK



> On 4 Jul 2017, at 00:17, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.