Exactly the case. With the built-in decoder you can take the K3 someplace portable without a computer and still send and receive PSK31/RTTY just as easily as having a QSO in CW.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Tue Jun 19 4:08 , "Julian G4ILO" sent: >On 6/18/07, Toby Deinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It has always struck me as a bit silly to go from analog to digital back >> to analog only to return to digital, which is what you would be doing >> with the K3 and a sound card based solution. > >I think the number of conversions is the same, it's just a matter of >whether the conversion is done in the computer or the radio. Since a >computer has a more powerful processor, I would expect it to do a >better job, if available. The value of the built-in encoder/decoder is >to allow operation using popular data modes *without* a computer. > >-- >Julian, G4ILO >G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com >K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
