[Elecraft] CW skimmer

[Barry]

If the data is MME format, it should be already compatible as that is 
what CW Skimmer uses from a sound card. I see no point in using the 
compute power of the K4 for anything other than basic processing. It 
should be more efficient and flexible using your computer. For instance 
one of the things I do is use Skimmer to spot what it decodes to the 
Clublog spotting window on Win4K3. This tells me what my antenna is 
picking up. Uing general spotting just tells me what others are hearing 
which I may not hear.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Ted Roycraft" <ted.roycraft at gmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 12/31/2019 2:58:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

>Why not ask the author of CWSkimmer, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA what his plans are?  I would think he would be a central character in making CWSkimmer compatible with the K4.  Wayne, N6KR, has already said that K4 baseband I/Q signals would be provided over the ethernet which is all, I believe, that VE3NEA needs if he can pick them off the ethernet or if someone else can  write software that makes it look like the I/Q ethernet signals came from an audio card which is where CWSkimmer normally picks them up.  I would hazard a guess that someone from Elecraft has already contacted Alex.  As long as he has not signed an NDA with Elecraft, I bet Alex could tell us something concrete and maybe end the uninformative speculation that's been circulating.
>
>I go along with K4TAX who says keep CWSkimmer on the shack computer.  Putting it on this and that radio is a support nightmare.
>
>73, Ted, W2ZK
>
>On 12/31/2019 2:22 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>>Thoughts on this.    I would expect the K4 to be a high performance product in both the on air performance and the communications interface performance.   I would not expect it to have any embedded applications as there are just to dang many;  CW ones, Digital, ones, Logging ones, and etc.   Everybody has there favorites of each of these.
>>
>>Trying to embed just a few applications raises the question of "what few?".   We all use an outboard computer to do station house keeping.  I say keep it that way and every one can then use their favorite application.   I'd speculate if there were a number of applications embedded, then Elecraft would have to ship a "crying towel" with every  radio.  There are just those folks that seemed not to be pleased, regardless of what ever it is in front of them.   As 'tis said; "one can please part of the people part of the time and all of the people none of the time".    Lets just keep the radio doing what a radio should do and the computer keeping the operator happy with what ever application they so choose.
>>
>>Happy New Year to all
>>
>>73
>>
>>Bob, K4TAX
>>
>>
>>On 12/31/2019 10:24 AM, Barry wrote:
>>>If Elecraft makes the K4 I&Q data avail in MME format, there will be no need to implement these on the radio itself. They can all reside on the computer that is used for control and whatever else. It will be basically like running with a KX3.
>>>
>>>73,
>>>Barry
>>>K3NDM
>>>
>>
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