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KX3 RX IQ output question

Bruce Beford-2
Wayne, I know you don't have anything to do but answer questions... ;-)

I didn't get a chance to ask this last night during the KX3 webcast:

What will be the usable bandwidth of the RX IQ output? Since the dual watch
capability is described as +/- 10 KHz, I am wondering if this is the total
BW at this output jack. Also, will this be tapped off before the optional
roofing filter module?

Thanks in advance,
Bruce, N1RX


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Re: KX3 RX IQ output question

ab2tc
Hi,

I am hoping for much more than +/-10kHz. High end sound cards sample at up to 192ks/s and are not that expensive. I'd love to run a panadapter with more than 100kHz total bandwidth. I would also love to see a digital audio stream from the KX3 so I could eliminate the sound card altogether. Obviously that's available somewhere inside the DSP but maybe it's hoping too much that it be formatted into something standard and made available externally. If the $700 price guesstimate I've seen holds and the performance on general coverage is decent, I might be interested in one to replace my web-enabled IC-718:

http://ab2tc.getmyip.com:8000/

AB2TC - Knut

Bruce Beford-2 wrote
Wayne, I know you don't have anything to do but answer questions... ;-)

I didn't get a chance to ask this last night during the KX3 webcast:

What will be the usable bandwidth of the RX IQ output? Since the dual watch
capability is described as +/- 10 KHz, I am wondering if this is the total
BW at this output jack. Also, will this be tapped off before the optional
roofing filter module?

Thanks in advance,
Bruce, N1RX

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Re: KX3 RX IQ output question

k.igor
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Bruce,
What would be the point of tapping IQ after the roofing filter?
Somewhere in the posts I thought I read KX3 will use one BPF per band, so
the bandwidth probably will cover full band. After that you are at mercy of
your sound card.
Dual watch is in DSP. The IQ signals should come out before DSP, so the Dual
Watch has no bearing on IQ output.

By the way, with SDR and this DSP one probably could implement Triple or
Quadruple Watch. Question is: where to obtain more ears? :-)
73,
Igor, N1YX  

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Wayne, I know you don't have anything to do but answer questions... ;-)

I didn't get a chance to ask this last night during the KX3 webcast:

What will be the usable bandwidth of the RX IQ output? Since the dual watch
capability is described as +/- 10 KHz, I am wondering if this is the total
BW at this output jack. Also, will this be tapped off before the optional
roofing filter module?

Thanks in advance,
Bruce, N1RX


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Re: KX3 RX IQ output question

Bill W4ZV
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Bruce Beford-2 wrote
Wayne, I know you don't have anything to do but answer questions... ;-)

I didn't get a chance to ask this last night during the KX3 webcast:

What will be the usable bandwidth of the RX IQ output? Since the dual watch
capability is described as +/- 10 KHz, I am wondering if this is the total
BW at this output jack. Also, will this be tapped off before the optional
roofing filter module?
I noticed KE9V's summary said it was 40 kHz (+/- 20 kHz).  Since he was there perhaps he heard this from someone at Elecraft's booth:

http://ke9v.net/

(Until we hear from the horse's mouth!)

73,  Bill
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Re: KX3 RX IQ output question

wayne burdick
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It will actually be significantly more than +/- 20 kHz. But the final  
spec is TBD.

The +/- 10 kHz limitation on dual watch is due to the DSP, not the  
QSD. (The new DSP in the KX3 has plenty of horsepower for all planned  
KX3 features, but it is not a fire-breathing monster. We have to keep  
receive current drain low.)

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On May 23, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:

>
> Bruce Beford-2 wrote:
>>
>> Wayne, I know you don't have anything to do but answer  
>> questions... ;-)
>>
>> I didn't get a chance to ask this last night during the KX3 webcast:
>>
>> What will be the usable bandwidth of the RX IQ output? Since the dual
>> watch
>> capability is described as +/- 10 KHz, I am wondering if this is  
>> the total
>> BW at this output jack. Also, will this be tapped off before the  
>> optional
>> roofing filter module?
>>
>
> I noticed KE9V's summary said it was 40 kHz (+/- 20 kHz).  Since he  
> was
> there perhaps he heard this from someone at Elecraft's booth:
>
> http://ke9v.net/
>
> (Until we hear from the horse's mouth!)
>
> 73,  Bill
>
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