Hello Rick!

My question would be, are there two separate IF outputs on the K3 if you have two receivers installed?

There are two IFs, and independent 8.215 MHz IF buffers. The KXV3 only allows a single IF to be connected at the moment, so you'd need to hijack or add a rear panel BNC to have access to both IFs at the same time.

Better yet, can you get I and Q outputs for both receivers separately at the rear panel ... ?

The 15 kHz IF is not brought to the rear panel. I and Q are done in the DSP, and the DSP has only stereo outputs.

However, it *might* be possible to incorporate a special mode where the LINE OUT represented I and Q from one receiver, and PHONES/SPKR the I and Q of the other receiver. You'd then need to isolate the PHONES and be careful with level settings, etc. The PC application would need to independently compensate for any phase or amplitude shift from the different AF paths. The bandwidth from these would be about 5.2 or 5.3 kHz.

The K3 with second receiver will have high correlation between the receivers, as the synthesizers are derived from the same reference oscillator, the same oscillator is used for the conversion from 8.215 MHz to 15 kHz, and the ADC sampling is done by a common clock on the main DSP board.

Have a gr8 '08!

Lyle KK7P

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