[Elecraft] K3S - Win4K3Suite - SDRPlay

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> On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>