[Elecraft] K4 IF signal 'OUT' for external application useage

[David Gilbert]

VERY cool ...

Thanks es 73,
Dave   AB7E



On 9/24/2020 12:30 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> IQ streaming data from the K4 will be available over Ethernet.
>
> Wayne
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>> On Sep 24, 2020, at 12:14 PM, David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Except that an I/Q output would also enable the convenient use of 
>> other 3rd party software.  If Elecraft didn't bother to include it in 
>> the K4, I think that's a mistake.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/2020 11:58 AM, Buck wrote:
>>> As I recall, there is an HDMI output on the back of the K4.  You can 
>>> choose to have it display the front panel, the panadapter or both on 
>>> an external monitor.
>>>
>>> You won't need to use I/Q to an LP-PAN.
>>>
>>> Buck, k4ia
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>>>
>>> On 9/24/2020 2:51 PM, Brian wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the recent (though long from complete) K4 guide, I don't 
>>>> see an IF OUT per se as I have in the accessory board in my K3 (or 
>>>> in fact the output I/Q  from the KX3 I can run directly into my 
>>>> sound card on the computer). Does the XVTR IF OUT suffice for this?
>>>>
>>>> The reason I ask is that eventually my LP-PAN is going to die - 
>>>> hopefully not soon but I have been using it for quite some time 
>>>> now. I use the IF  out from the K3 into the LP-PAN and then into NaP3.
>>>>
>>>> Now I do realize there is a panadapter on the K4 - obviously - but 
>>>> I DO enjoy (in fact pretty much need) the large computer display 
>>>> for the pana/spectrum display and DO use the NaP3 software controls 
>>>> for K3 functions on my keyboard and mouse for tuning and such.
>>>> The display on the K4 is not the same thing I don't think. Even 
>>>> with some keyboard/mouse controls native to the K4 (?) the display 
>>>> size is a deterent to me as it exists. Apologies to the company. I 
>>>> assume maybe there MIGHT be a video card OUT re. the K4 panadapter 
>>>> at some time, but that is a maybe.. and more money.
>>>>
>>>> I won't be nearly the first to get a K4.. down the line probably as 
>>>> I have a K3S here and a K3 at the in-law's property. If I did get 
>>>> that 'last final rig' and it was  a K4 (Iikely as I don't have much 
>>>> in the shack since 2000 that was not Elecraft) I would, as an older 
>>>> fellow then.. want the larger visual display of the computer/IF 
>>>> out/NaP3 sort of solution.
>>>>
>>>> So, do I get some IF out I can use?
>>>> tnx
>>>> Brian VE3VAW
>>
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