K3 vs. IC-7200

[OE3ZK Gerhard]

Hi,

 

just testing a cheap Icom IC-7200.

 

It has an very interesting feature which I miss in the K3: The USB Port..!

 

The USB connection presents the IF baseband in PCM format and CI-V data (for radio control and PTT) to the computer running the Icom drivers, thus bypassing the sound-card entirely for digi modes.

 

Very smart... no other wires or interface "boxes" are required!

 

73

Gert, OE3ZK

 

 

 

 

 

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[Julian, G4ILO]

OE3ZK Gerhard wrote

Hi,

just testing a cheap Icom IC-7200.

It has an very interesting feature which I miss in the K3: The USB Port..!

The USB connection presents the IF baseband in PCM format and CI-V data (for radio control and PTT) to the computer running the Icom drivers, thus bypassing the sound-card entirely for digi modes.

Very smart... no other wires or interface "boxes" are required!

As a programmer, my initial thought was of envy: there are some interesting possibilities with that. Then I read your post again, and saw mention of "Icom drivers." Presumably these are Windows-only, and this feature will become completely obsolete in ten years time when the version of Windows at that time doesn't support this driver and Icom has no interest in writing a new one.

If they had made it an Ethernet port then it really would have been interesting.

[dave.wilburn]

Keep in mind that the way Elecraft modularized the input / output
interfaces, they can develop a USB interface at a later time.  Or
Ethernet, or <insert latest interface>.

Dave Wilburn
NM4M

Gert, OE3ZK wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> just testing a cheap Icom IC-7200.
>  
> It has an very interesting feature which I miss in the K3: The USB Port..!
>  
> The USB connection presents the IF baseband in PCM format and CI-V data
> (for radio control and PTT) to the computer running the Icom drivers,
> thus bypassing the sound-card entirely for digi modes.
>  
> Very smart... no other wires or interface "boxes" are required!
>  
> 73
> Gert, OE3ZK
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>
>
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[Julian, G4ILO]

David Wilburn wrote

Keep in mind that the way Elecraft modularized the input / output
interfaces, they can develop a USB interface at a later time.  Or
Ethernet, or <insert latest interface>.

What I don't think they can do (coz I seem to recall Lyle saying as much a couple of months ago) is provide direct access to the digitized audio.

[habika]

It has an very interesting feature which I miss in the K3: The USB Port..! The USB connection presents the IF baseband in PCM format and CI-V data (for radio control and PTT) to the computer running the Icom drivers, thus bypassing the sound-card entirely for digi modes. Very smart... no other wires or interface "boxes" are required! ============================= smart card