Terry et al : Clifton Laboratories makes a product called the Z10000B (http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/k2_interface.htm) that will add a IF port to the K2 or Orion, suitable for use with the LP-PAN and P3.
To get back to the original question, I am not sure how many people would want to add a P3 to a K2 ? For the price of the P3 (or even an LP-Pan) you could pick up a new Flex-1500. Michael VE3WMB >From: <[email protected]> >Date: August 28, 2013 12:38:40 AM EDT >To: "Tom" <[email protected]>, "Elecraft" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Will the K2 and KX3 work with the P3? >I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish here with the KX3, pardon if I >mis-interpret. >Using a P3 requires that two issues be resolved: 1) control and, 2) RF signal >input. >P3 control is via the serial RS232 connection, and can be figured out. >However, the P3 wants to a single RF signal at its IF input. It then goes >through a typical DDC-based SDR approach, including an FFT, to display the >spectrum. The P3 works with the 8.215MHz IF output of >the K3 (or many other >RF-frequency range, IF signals). The KX3 does NOT have a single RF/IF output >at the proper frequency. Instead, it has an I/Q output pair at audio >frequencies (0Hz-approx 48kHz or >so) from the internal QSD. You would need >to upconvert that I/Q pair back to a single RF signal in order to feed it to >the P3. That's a lot of work, with much simpler solutions available. >I don't know much about the K2. Looking at the manual, internally, it has an >4.9152MHz IF, but I don't think that's available on a connector, or if the >drive level is buffered and adequate. If so, you could use a >P3 with a K2 I >suppose. The IF would need to be tapped BEFORE the crystal filtering. I do >NOT see an IF output connector, and only one transistor buffer between the >mixer and the crystal filters. >The KX3 I/Q output is set up to feed into a typical computer sound card >(stereo, line-in) and a Softrock SDR-type program, which is easier than trying >to jerry-rig a P3. You can potentially use a CAT interface >with the KX3 to >query the current frequency, for SDR software display. I have NOT one this >directly, so I don't know what SDR software support that. >73, Terry, WB4JFI ______________________________________________________________ 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
