Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Hunter
Kurt Pawlikowski wrote: Frank, Et Al, Hello Kurt! Okay. I have to fess up... I'm a programmer (or am trying to make some money doing it!). I'm not :) The real question is, how well is the interface written? I've seen really, really bad interfaces. Better off with pen and paper. Or, to

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Kurt Pawlikowski
Frank, Et Al, Okay. I have to fess up... I'm a programmer (or am trying to make some money doing it!). The real question is, how well is the interface written? I've seen really, really bad interfaces. Better off with pen and paper. Or, to keep the analogy, better off with "knobs." But, on t

[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Bill Tippett
Hi Frank (and Duane), Thanks for the copy from Duane N9DG. I certainly agree that SDRs have a lot of glitz that appeals to some, but the simple fact remains that SDRs have not gained popularity with top-level contesters outside the realm of VHF (which is very different than major HF cont

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread hank k8dd
Learning N1MM was slow, but using it speeds me up a lot. David G3UNA G6M team - Original Message - From: "Bill Tippett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:14 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development N6TQS: Given t

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Hunter
Duane - N9DG wrote: Frank, Hi Duane! Nice resonse to Bill, W4ZV's comments about knobs and the unsuitibility of graphic UI's. He takes the oportunity to denigrate the Flex HW, and its UI approach (PowerSDR) every chance he can get. You may want to point out to him that the K3 can only have th

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Hunter
Bill Tippett wrote: Hi Frank, Hi Bill! I would ask the article's author Vic K1LT who has "been there and done that". I notice many who are "no knobs" advocates are never seen high in contest standings. K1LT actually does place well in contests so I tend to attach some credibility to his co

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread David Cutter
avid G3UNA G6M team - Original Message - From: "Bill Tippett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:14 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development N6TQS: Given that "no knobs" operations are pretty new, and only pos

[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Bill Tippett
N6TQS: >Given that "no knobs" operations are pretty new, and only possible with some radios, I think you may be confusing a correlation with a causation. When "no knobs" operators have the experience that "with knobs" operators do, then we may see different results. It also is dependent on the "n

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
Given that "no knobs" operations are pretty new, and only possible with some radios, I think you may be confusing a correlation with a causation. When "no knobs" operators have the experience that "with knobs" operators do, then we may see different results. It also is dependent on the "no knobs"

[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Bill Tippett
Hi Frank, GI4NKB: >Why would I want to remove my hands from keyboard and mouse to reach across a bench to fiddle with knobs when a mouse click or click and drag can do the same only quicker? To state that a mouse or keyboard does not make for rapid tweaking is akin to saying a keyboard and mous

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Hunter
Bill Tippett wrote: Hi Bill! [snip] For those who say "Real radios don't need knobs", below is an interesting quote from K1LT. Vic recently wrote up a description of his 4-receiver SDR prototype used in a warm up for the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge: "The second problem beca

Re: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Ian Stirling
On Thursday 01 November 2007 05:37:11 Craig wrote: > Sorry about the typos! > > I just checked out K8LP's web page, > > http://www.telepostinc.com/ Larry's station is N8LP. 73, Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962, LP-100 #278 -- ___ Elecraft mailing list Pos

[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Bill Tippett
Very interesting news Craig! Especially the SDR issues we previously discussed here on the list: LP-Pan SDR Panadapter for Elecraft K3 (prototype stage)... * Optimized for K3 * Up to +/- 96 kHz display on PC * 8.215 MHz center frequency for centered display * Switching quadrature dete

[Elecraft] Interesting K3 Pan Adapter Development

2007-11-01 Thread Craig
Sorry about the typos! I just checked out K8LP's web page, Larry has an interesting web page under development. The web page is under construction and is for a new a K3 Pan Adapter, called LPPAN. There is a picture on the web page of the board. Check it out. http://www.telepostinc.com/ 73 Cr