[Elecraft] K3S - Win4K3Suite - SDRPlay

[Gwen Patton]

Mark,
My concern is legacy programs that may misbehave under Win10. I have some
pretty old programs that weren't written with Win10 in mind because it
didn't exist yet. I'm certain I'll have to upgrade eventually and bite the
bullet, but until then it's a balancing act. But to be fair, some of those
legacy programs aren't as important now as they once were, so I may be
hanging onto stuff I don't need to be concerned with. I'll have to go
through the thing and figure out what I need, what I want, and what will
still work. Eventually. It's not my #1 priority.

I also may have to update the machine at the same time, and there's no
sense updating my OS if I'm just going to have to upgrade the hardware. Any
new machine I get will likely come with Win10 on it already, so I might as
well do a careful software migration to a new box than update the OS on the
old box that'll just get set aside. It doesn't owe me anything -- I got
this machine 7 years ago.

73,
Gwen, NG3P

On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:32 PM Mark Musick <markmusick at outlook.com> wrote:

> Gwen,
> I have the SDRPlay, Win4K3Suite and Windows 10.
> The issue you had with the PX3 will not occur with the P3. Yes, you have
> IQ output on the PX3, but the P3 is the IF output.
> For the P3 just move the switch on the back of the P3 to enable the P3 IF
> output, connect it to the SDRPlay, connect the SDRPlay via the USB cable to
> your PC and Win4K3Suite automatically recognizes the SDRPlay and the
> spectrum display works right away. No hassles. Yes, you can connect the
> SDRPlay directly to the IF out on the K3, but why would you do that and
> loose the use of the P3?
> As to moving to Windows 10, I don't understand all the hullabaloo. You
> have to move to it sometime. So, why not do it sooner rather than later.
> Especially, when it is free. It is my understanding, if I'm wrong someone
> please correct me, but you will now have to pay to upgrade.
> For me the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has been the least painful
> of all the OS moves. Yes, you have to get use to things being in different
> places and accessing things differently, but you've got to do that whenever
> you move to a new OS. Thus my statement do it now rater than later. There
> are also new features in Windows 10 that are not in Windows 7 that I think
> makes it worth it.
>
> 73,
> Mark, WB9CIF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Gwen Patton
> Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2019 13:40
> To: Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S - Win4K3Suite - SDRPlay
>
> That's essentially what I did, but with KX3/PX3. I have a lovely 3.5mm to
> 2.5mm cable running from the PX3 IQ output to a spare mike in jack on my
> PC. I had to do some weird jiggery-pokery with default sound devices to get
> it to work because Win4K3Suite uses some of the same (or related) code
> that's also in WSJT-X and other code derived from it, that doesn't play
> nicely with Windows 7 64-bit. None of those programs will "see" my correct
> microphone list, though other unrelated programs DO. Those programs only
> see a pair of old entries that haven't been on my machine in years. I have
> to trick them to see the devices I want, through setting default devices
> and using VB-Audio's Voicemeeter virtual mixer program.
>
> But when I DO get every tab A in the right slot B, I can set Win4K3Suite
> to look to that spare mike jack for its spectrum scope source. Works great!
>
> I've asked (begged) the authors of the various programs to PLEASE do
> something about their operation with Windows 7, but I only get shrugs and
> sometimes rude demands that I simply "upgrade to Windows 10, that works".
> Seeing the *correct* list of enumerated input device drivers should NOT be
> something I have to upgrade my operating system to get, when I only get the
> problem with a very small number of specialized programs.  *sigh...*
>
> 73,
> Gwen, NG3P
>
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 9:25 AM Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rich,
> >
> > There is no need to bypass the P3, just connect the SDRPlay to the P3
> > IF output.
> >
> > The P3 IF output is a replication of the K3S IF output.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 6/9/2019 7:04 AM, Richard Thorne wrote:
> > > I'd like to try Win4K3Suite with an SDRplay receiver.  I've been
> > > looking for a block diagram showing how the SDRPlay is connected to
> > > the K3S or
> > P3.
> > >
> > > I understand it's a just a matter of connecting the output of the P3
> > > I.F. to the SDRPlay.
> > >
> > > Can the P3 be bypassed and use the I.F. output directly from the K3S?
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