If you are happy to run Windows XP under VMWare, then NaP3 will give you a good experience.
I briefly had a closer look at Quisk -- the problem is that is depends on ALSA sound libraries, and since macports doesn't support this, a little bit of hacking is required to remove this dependency and rely solely on the portaudio libraries. There would also some (trivial) changes required to remove dependencies on the linux parallel port driver. Not sure if someone has already gone through this exercise yet or not. Otherwise, you would need some basic coding skills to make it work. The I/Q output needs to be fed into a soundcard with stereo capability -- this soundcard could be a USB soundcard such as the Soundblaster X-Fi. Most of the PC SDR applications can then use this to display a waterfall. The I/Q streams don't contain digital data or anything fancy like that, rather they are simple analogue signals. This is why you need a soundcard or other A/D convterter to digitise the signal in order to for the SDR application to process it. It is convenient to have some basic integration with the radio (ie. via the KXUSB or KXSER cable) so that the application can read the VFO frequency from the radio and display appropriate frequency labels on the spectrum/waterfall display, but this is a nice-to-have. 73, Matt VK2RQ On 11 Feb 2014, at 1:32 pm, Jim Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Thanks for the info. After I thought about it a bit, running an application > on Win/XP under Fusion wouldn't be all that bad. My iMac is pretty powerful > and has no problem grinding up anything I toss at it. The "problem" I've seen > is that nearly every application I come across tries to be the be-all, do-all > rig controller. All I want is a simple spectrum display, like the P3 gives > me. I have no desire to try controlling the KX3 from the computer. I use > MacLoggerDX - it has some rudimentary rig control features but I don't use > any of them. My fondness for the P3 is (1) being able to see where band > activity is and (2) where there is a "hole" when trying to work a DX station > running split. > > So - any other suggestions? Isn't it feasible to simply take the I/Q output > from the KX3 and run it via a USB port into the mac and have a software > application use that data to present a spectrum display? Or am I being naive > on what data is contained in that I/Q stream? > > Jim / W6JHB > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Matt VK2RQ wrote: > >> If you want to run something "natively" on the Mac, I would suggest quisk: >> http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ >> >> I haven't tried it yet myself, but it appears to allow some level of >> integration with the KX3 by means of hamlib. >> >> In order to build it and get it working, you'll need to install some >> additional libraries -- I'd suggest to use MacPorts for this: >> https://www.macports.org >> >> If you are not comfortable building software on your Mac, then the only >> other "native" option I know of is the DL2SDR program: >> http://dl2sdr.homepage.t-online.de/ >> >> 73, Matt VK2RQ >> >> >> On 11 Feb 2014, at 10:05 am, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Jim, >>> >>> On the panoramic display question, I recall last year at Dayton the KX3 I/Q >>> outputs were driving an iMic to an iPad. I believe the software came from >>> Pignology, but I did not pay that much attention to the details, so you may >>> have to do some searching. >>> >>> So the answer is, yes, a panadapter display from the KX3 is possible, but >>> unfortunately I do not have details. >>> >>> NaP3 can also give a panadapter display, but I have not yet tried it. >>> >>> Most any panadapter application that will accept I/Q output could be used >>> in theory - the other side of the coin is 'does that application directly >>> support the KX3'. That would be in regard to the rig control and display >>> of center frequency type questions. Most any panadapter application can >>> display the spectrum around the VFO center frequency, but may not display >>> the exact frequency the KX3 is tuned to if no other communications with the >>> radio are present to determine the center frequency, the VFO A and VFO B >>> settings, etc. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>> On 2/10/2014 4:52 PM, Jim Bennett wrote: >>>> Operating the KX3 is lots of fun, barefoot or QRO. But, I miss the >>>> panoramic band display I see when I use the K3/P3. What is out there that >>>> I might be able to use with the KX3 and it's RX IQ? I'm using an iMac with >>>> OS X 10.7.5 for my operating system. I do have VMWare Fusion, but would >>>> rather not have to run a Windows application on the emulator - native mode >>>> applications are my desire. Is there software that can use the RX IQ, >>>> possibly into a USB port, that will give me the band display that I'm used >>>> to with the P3? Spending a bazillion dollars on it is out of the question, >>>> so I'm hoping that there is an inexpensive solution. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
