Don Thanks for the answer. Yes, fully aware that it doesn’t already do this. However, I note that the SVGA option has a spare type B USB port on it for future use. My thought was that you could use some additional hardware to send a stream of data down it. It wouldn’t take much hardware - it could even look like a soundcard in the same way as a FunCube dongle.
The advantage is that once in a computer, the data stream can be manipulated in far more ways. It does change operating, at the UK VHF NFD I set up the P3 with a monitor and it revolutionised operation for some the my local club members. Paul M1CNK > On 4 Jul 2017, at 00:17, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, > > The P3 does not have a digital data stream output, and I am certain what it > has is not compatible with any input to the computer. > You can add the SVGA option to obtain a greatly enlarged display, keyboard > support for entering data mode text or CW, and display of the K3 decoded > PSK31/63, RTTY or CW. > > If you want to continue to use the SoftRock in conjunction with the P3, there > is an IF OUT from the P3 which will allow you to do exactly that. > > BTW, some other hams used my K3 with P3 for the CW station at Field Day. At > several points they commented "It is like shooting fish in a barrel!". They > ended up looking at the P3 rather than at the K3 display most of the time > although they tuned with the K3 VFO knob and did not try to point with the > marker and tap the knob to QSY. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/3/2017 2:53 PM, Paul Wilton wrote: >> Having been playing around with the P3 for the first time, can I suggest a >> future feature please. Whilst the built in display is very nice, it would be >> helpful if it were possible to get the spectrum data in a PC in realtime >> (ish). There are a couple of applications for this but the main one is to >> integrate the waterfall/spectrum with DX spots. At the moment I run N1MM+ >> for VHF contesting. My station is optimised for Search and Pounce (S&P). I >> have an IF tap into my K2 and use a soft rock plus USB sound card to get a >> waterfall band map using Waterfall Bandmap(WBM). WBM integrates with N1MM+ >> and shows cluster spots/stations I have worked) along the frequency axis. >> Hence if I see signals in the waterfall I can quickly see if I have >> worked/need them. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
