[Elecraft] Elecraft K3s - RX OU ANT and Colibrì nano sdr

[Barry LaZar]

If all you want to do is create a panadapter, I suggest that you use the IF
out of your K3s. I do that and it works nicely. This obviates the need for
SDR protection while transmitting.

73
Barry
K3NDM

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 1:52 PM Graziano Roccon (IW2NOY) <graziano at roccon.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> i ordered a Colibrì Nano
> (https://eesdr.com/en/products-en/receivers-en/colibrinano-en)
> and i am thinkg to connect the Colibrì antenna through the RX ANT OT of
> the K3s tu use the colibrì and his software like a panadapter for the
> K3s.
> The colibrì can't accept "IF OUT", so i will use RX ANT OUT from XV3B to
> give antenna signal to the Colibrì.
> The Colibrì is one the best SDR (usb) out there with a sample rate of
> max 3mhz at 16 bit and 768 khz at 24 bit, the dedicated software
> ExpertSDR2 is fantastic anche can used with SDC to have cw skimmer spots
> and DX cluster spots on the panadapter.
>
>
> I want to use the Colibrì only like a panadapter and use the K3s to
> transmit, syncing the two radio frequncies.
>
> I would like to know if there are know problem to use this
> configuration, especially when i will go in TX with the K3s.
> Maybe somebody did it this before me.
> There is a protection system that disconnect RX ANT OUT when the K3s go
> in TX ?
> There is something to configure in the menu ?
> Simply, there is a risk for the safeness of the Colibrì connect to the
> antenna RX OUT ANT ?
> I wouldn't burn the Colibrì with RF or RFI coming from the radio.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks a lot, Graziano IW2NOY
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