[Elecraft] K3s/P3 with SDR Play, Win4K3 & Skimmer

[Harald Fritzsche]

Hello Peter, All,

I am using SDRPlayIntf.dll (see CW Skimmer page) with CW Skimmer and K3.
The external preamplifier option is used to get antenna signal  during receive to a splitter and than back to K3 and to the SDRPlay.
This does not give me a band scope, but a band map filled with stations an the local antenna.

Which is ideal for "assisted" operation during a contest.

Vy73
Harald
DD0VS 



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> Am 24.03.2019 um 16:37 schrieb Peter Dougherty <lists at w2irt.net>:
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to know if anybody is successfully running their K3/K3s with
> (specifically) an SDRPlay, Win4K3 software, and CW Skimmer, and if so, how
> did you hook it all together? 
> 
> 
> 
> My thought is to start reading up now, and then buy the hardware and
> software at Dayton this year and play with it over the summer before contest
> season starts.
> 
> I'm specifically curious about getting RF into the SDRPlay. Do you use the
> IF connection out from the P3, or something else? I have three antennas
> coming in to my K3s at the moment: the primary TX/RX feed on ANT-1, a K9AY
> receive antenna on RX IN, and an untuned vertical wire connected to the AUX
> antenna port, which is used only for diversity reception. The radio is
> connected via the USB interface exclusively, with no analog sound
> connections at the moment.
> 
> I don't plan to use this configuration for normal day-to-day operating. I'm
> quite happy using the K3 as a conventional radio and just using the P3 as a
> bandscope. This will be exclusively for CW contesting, and CW Dxpedition
> pileups.
> 
> One final question for those who have accomplished this successfully, which
> model SDRplay are you using, and is there a specific reason for recommending
> one version over another at this point? Thanks again!
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> 73 and Good DX
> Peter, W2IRT
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> 
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