On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Richard Fjeld <[email protected]>wrote:
> ....People with KX3's should find it easier to enter the computerized > pan-adapter world as it will plug directly into a computer.... ============== I would add to Richard's comment that the KX3 design appears to me to be an ideal implementation of SDR for amateur purposes. I have played around quite a bit with SDRs. I've owned 2 Flex radios and have 2 Softrocks, and that experience has convinced me that the actual signal detection, DSP filtering and processing, etc. should all be done inside the radio, not by a general-purpose PC. Today's SDRs are an interesting proof of concept, but as operating ham rigs they have insuperable flaws that result mainly from trying to get a PC to do tasks that would be much better done by a special-purpose computing system with a suitable OS and tailored data paths. The computerized panadapter is quite neat and I have found it to be even more useful than the very useful P3 (I use PSDR-IF, but there are many more; see the LP-Pan home page and/or many other SDR pages for samples). However, to use it with an analog radio like the K3, you need extra gadgetry and complexity in the shack. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on a KX3. Perhaps after it hits the market, ham rigs will start to provide I-Q output as standard equipment. That would be a step forward for ham radio, and another chapter in Elecraft's history of innovations in the industry. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ 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
