Thank you everyone for responding so promptly to my SDR question and with such great information!
A particular point made in regard to SDR on the KX3 was hardware filter options vs software filters. Are there differences here that are important to consider from a user's perspective? Pros/Cons of either approach? Perhaps I should add that I'm primarily interested in DX'ing. The portability of the KX3 is a real bonus, but a secondary consideration. I plan to use the radio I purchase as my primary rig. Thank you, Craig KD0TXL On Dec 31, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Matt Zilmer <[email protected]> wrote: Actually, a full SDR would have modulation and demod running in the host software. A KX3 is self-contained in this regard, but can be used with a PC or Mac for CW, RTTY, data modes, etc. Signal processing capabilties are excellent on the KX3, and the array of DSP features is both wide and deep. Originally, the KX3 was intended to be a portable trail radio, which is mostly the way I've used it. However since its introduction, the KX3 has found a large following of ops that use it as their main base station rig (either in addition to or in place of portable ops). I guess if you consider that all major functions are software-based (either MCU or DSP) and executing on a robust and bulletproof RF-hardware platform, the KX3 is an SDR. Depends on how you define an SDR. 73, matt W6NIA > On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:35:36 -0600, you wrote: > > Happy New Year, > > I want to move into the hobby aspects of SDR and have narrowed my list to the > KX3 with 100 watt Amp or a Flex 3000. I have been told that though the KX3 > will connect to a PC it is not a "full" SDR radio (my understanding of "full" > is in regard to signal processing but there may be other factors implied that > I am not aware of being new to the SDR world). > > If this perspective is on target, what are the important SDR limitations with > the KX3 that I should consider? If there are no important limitations, I do > like the form factor and knobs on the KX3 over the Flex software-only > interface. > > Thank you, > > Craig Schroeder > KD0TXL > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
