[Elecraft] RES: Survey and summary: Elecraft K3/K3S panadapter solutions

[John_N1JM]

I use a P3. Another thing I don't have to use a PC for :-).

73, John N1JM





py5eg wrote
> Hi Stefan
> Thanks for sharing this interesting information with us
> Best 73
> Oms PY5EG
> 
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> ] Em nome de Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 26 de julho de 2018 05:53
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> Assunto: [Elecraft] Survey and summary: Elecraft K3/K3S panadapter
> solutions
> 
> My teammate and I decided that we wanted to have a panadapter with mouse
> support and point & click functionality for WRTC 2018. Unfortunately we
> did not find the time to build and test alternative solutions to the P3
> and consequently decided against an Elecraft K3S as our radio. However,
> the K3/K3S still was a very popular radio at WRTC so I did a survey on the
> WRTC-teams mailing list and asked about their panadapter solutions.
> 
> My questions were:
> 1) Did you use the P3 as a panadapter?
> 2) If not the P3
>  a) which hardware solution did you choose?
>     - e.g. which SDR/splitter etc?
>  b) which software solution and how did you integrate the waterfall
> display?
>     - e.g. on a separate PC/monitor or on the same PC/monitor as your
> logging software?
>     - if on the same PC how did you handle the program focus?
>  c) would you use the P3 if Elecraft added mouse support for point &
> click?
> 
> 
> Here is the summary:
> 
> I got 20 replies in total.
> 
> 6 used the Elecraft P3 panadapter.
> 
> 14 went with another solution and chose the following hardware:
>    Airspy HF+: 8
>    Funcube Pro USB: 2
>    SDRplay RSP1A: 1
>    Winradio: 1
>    Perseus: 1
>    other SDR: 1
> 
> I got less detailed answers regarding the use of splitters:
>    commercial splitter: 1
>    passive T-connector: 1
> 
>    no details given: 12
> 
> The software used was
>    HDSDR: 4
>    N1MM spectrum display: 3
>    Writelog spectrum display: 2
>    SDR-console: 2
>    SDR-radio.com: 1
> 
>    no details given: 2
> 
> I received very little information on how to integrate the panadapter. 2
> were using HDSDR with the logging PC/monitor and used an autohotkey macro
> to get the focus back to the logging software.
> 
> 
> 11 (5 of P3 group, 6 of second group) would use the P3’s mouse
> functionality if Elecraft added it.
> 
> The remaining 8 of the second group indicated that their solution, while
> more elaborate, is smaller, lighter and less expensive than the P3 and
> they would therefore stick to it.
> 
> 
> The replies also indicated that the native P3 users were using scope
> functionality predominantly in a passive way, e.g. watching general band
> activity and signal strengths. Those aiming to use the scope more actively
> were looking for solutions providing a fixed waterfall display with mouse
> support and point & click functionality. This allowed them to more
> effectively do search & pounce, interleave QSOs or click a new CQ
> frequency.
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Stefan DL1IAO, SA3CWW/SM9A
> 
> 
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