I am quite excited by the KX3's overall design and form-factor but there were a couple points I found surprisingly disappointing:
It sounds like people are saying that getting I/Q interface will require a soundcard. Why not simply make a USB connection available that gives an external SDR access to the IF ADC/DAC? I'd assume the internal converters will be high quality and better matched electrically than any analog soundcard interface people are likely to use. Even if the converters run at an odd sampling rate SDR software could easily be adapted. Likewise, I was surprised at the lack of a usb host interface for plugging in a keyboard to use instead of a paddle. There is a pretty large population of folks who enjoy using digital modes (including CW) who aren't proficient with the paddle, and the various non-cw modes offer character sets which far broader than than cw. USB keyboard of diverse form-factors are widely and cheaply available. Perhaps there are some plans that I've missed? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-ADC-DAC-access-keyer-input-tp6703089p6703089.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
