Sam, To listen with both the K2 and K3 at the same time and with the same antenna, You could use something external to the K3 - think SO2R setup, or at least a subset of SO2R.
With the KXV3, there is the RX ANT Out connector - but that is only connected to the antenna when the RX ANT is selected. With a 3 dB splitter placed there, you could connect one splitter output to RX ANT IN and the other splitter output to the K2. You would loose 3 dB in each receiver, but that may not be a problem for the application you are trying to use. On the K3, you can quickly recover that 3 dB by taking it out of RX ANT with a button tap - you would lose reception on the K2, but have full sensitivity on the K3. I believe you would have to run 2 copies of HRD, one to control the K3 and another to control the K2 - I don't know how you get two instances of HRD to track frequency wise, so that is for you to solve. Yes, LP-Bridge *may* be helpful, but in any case, you will need two physical serial ports, one for the K2 and one for the K3, LP-Bridge does not split on the K3 side, only on the application side. 73, Don W3FPR Sam Morgan wrote: > I want to use both my K3 and my K2 > at the same time, on the same frequency and antenna. > I wish to TX and RX on the K3. > I also wish to use my K2, > which has a softrock being use with PowerSDR/IF as a panadapter, > as just that, a panadapter on the same frequency using the same antenna. > > I'm sure this is a relatively simple thing to do, > but my aging gray matter just switches to the > 'you want to do wat?' mode > and I end up in an endless loop of > how to connect all this > and not hurt any of the equipment involved. > > All physical connections are with serial cables to a desktop rig. > I have both HRD 5.0 and DXLabs, but prefer using HRD. > I use PowerSDR/IF for the panadapter display. > > I have heard of some virtual serial ports or bridges, > but am clueless as to what, which, or how to involve it/them. > > TIA > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
