Jorge, I went the cheapest route, and it works quite well. I use a softrock lite II which cost $21. I needed a stereo sound card for my laptop, so I ordered a USB sound card for around $14 from Amazon. I later changed to a Xonar U5 sound card, which cost $60 after a $10 rebate. It is a better sound card, but honestly, the $14 sound card was more than sufficient for my needs. The Xonar U5 gives twice the viewed spectrum compared with the $14 sound card, but when I operate CW, which is most of the time, I don't view more than about 60kHz anyway. Adding an enclosure for a couple of dollars from Radio Shack makes the whole package cost under $100 (using the more expensive $60 sound card). I use NaP3 software with this setup..
By the way, my first experience with a panadapter was with HDSDR and a Peaberry V2 transceiver. Since it is an SDR, I tried connecting the Peaberry V2 to my K3 IF output, and it worked great as a panadapter using NaP3, I then decided to buy the softrock lite II to free up the Peaberry V2 since I didn't want to dedicate it to being just an SDR receiver in this application. A great part of the fun for me is getting a project working. This is certainly not as easy as buying a P3 and plugging it in, but it is much cheaper, and not all that difficult. 73, Art WB8ENE On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > > > I am looking for information about LP-PAN 2 and the P3 SVGA > > > > Not understand at all about them, are the same? > > > > May I use LP-PAN 2 without P3 or there´s any benefit using both LP-PAN 2 > and > P3 > > > > Or is better to use just the P3 SVGA > > > > Thanks, > > Jorge > > CX6VM/CW5W > > > > > > > > --- > El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en > busca de virus. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
