Another significant difference is that LP-PAN can be used with other third party software like CW Skimmer, or any future application (band activity analysis, propagation studies, etc) that may require an SDR-type front end. There currently is no such capability with the P3, and none has been discussed for the future.
73, Dave AB7E On 8/22/2010 3:53 PM, N8LP wrote: > P3 and LP-PAN / PowerSDR-IF each have strengths and weaknesses. You'll need > to do some research to see which suits your situation better. I will just > briefly mention three clear differences... > > The most obvious difference is that P3 doesn't require a PC, and is > basically plug-and-play. LP-PAN requires knowledge of PCs and sound cards. > Some people find it trivial to set up, but some have difficulty. How your PC > is configured plays into this. > > Another obvious difference is the screen size and resolution. I run mine at > 1680x1050 (vs. 480x272 for P3), and can fill the display with the pan and/or > waterfall if I want. This provides much better resolution for wide spans. To > be fair, P3 provides better resolution at narrow spans, but I suspect you > would use wider spans most often. > > Not so obvious is that PowerSDR-IF is not just a display, but a full > receiver with all the DSP bells and whistles and very high quality sound > through the sound card outputs. It actually provides two receivers, tied to > both VFO A and VFO B, so that you can see and listen to both sides of a > split QSO simultaneously without the need for a KRX3 as long as the two > signals are within the 192kHz maximum display width. It does not provide > diversity reception, or QSK capability. > > For more specifics, feel free to email or call me directly. > > Larry N8LP > > > > > Bob Peters wrote: >> >> >> Hi All.. I am considering the purchase of a K3. I have been told to go >> with >> the lp-pan and when I read what the new pan adapter does >> >> It looks like this will do the same as the lp-pan or am I wrong. Will the >> pan adapter show frequency??? Will it show the menu's?? What is the >> benefit >> of >> >> The lp-pan over the elecraft pan adapter??? >> >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
