Good point ... and if you want to carry that idea a bit further you can
actually accomplish a similar thing without any SDR hardware at all.
Just use CW Skimmer in audio mode (K3 Line Out to sound card input) with
the K3 passband opened up to whatever your widest filter is, and then
use a macro application like AutoHotKey to step CW Skimmer up in
increments of approximately that bandwidth. The downside, of course, is
that it can take a while to step through an entire band. CW Skimmer
decodes plenty fast enough, but you need to delay at each jump long
enough to reasonably expect a callsign to be sent. Either that or you
just step through more quickly and let the bandmap gradually fill up as
CW Skimmer happens to stumble on each callsign.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 11/28/2012 11:47 AM, Brian Alsop wrote:
The +/- 12 KHz limit can be overcome by a program called IBSS.
It lets you define segments for each band and how long you want
SKIMMER to spend listening in each segment.
Author is: W3OA @ roadrunner.com (delete spaces).
Used it many contest weekends. With SKIMMER on VFO B reporting spots
and IBSS, you can have a robot operator scanning the band looking for
new ones.
I use a Softrock SDR.
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 11/28/2012 18:23, David Gilbert wrote:
That's good news ... the Softrock has surprisingly good performance and
is certainly an inexpensive way to get involved with SDR applications.
Thanks for the correction.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 11/28/2012 11:09 AM, Sam Morgan wrote:
here is the direct link to Tony's site called five dash inc
where he *IS_STILL* selling the SoftRock needed for the K3 if tap:
http://tinyurl.com/br28abo
<snip>
On 11/28/2012 11:54 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
That's still limited to ± 12 KHz for use with CW Skimmer.
By the way, I thought I read somewhere recently that the Softrock
Lite for use
with the K3 IF was no longer offered by Tony although I could be
wrong, about
that. If anyone knows for certain, please correct me.
Dave AB7E
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