Pan adapter and CW skimmer

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Hello,
I am new with Elecraft products and as I have just bought a K3S I have a couple of questions.
Has anyone tried to use an RTL dongle (via the IF out) as a panadapter instead of a P3?I have tried to connect mine to the IF out but it doesn't seem to work. I used HDSDR I have enetred the IF frequency in the settings but I don't get any signal.

Also as I am using CW Skimmer, I have noticed that it doesn't "work" that well as it used to do with my old Yeasu.I have tried different configuration but I think I am missing something....
Matteo,M0TKM
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[Brian P]

Not sure if you already checked this out but for the CW Skimmer issue check
out the doc posted on their website for the KX3. Its under the resources
section of the cw skimmer page http://www.dxatlas.com/cwskimmer/ . I would
post the direct link but it references a .docx document and I dont want to
raise any red flags on the list.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:53 AM, Matteo Gosi via Elecraft <
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> Hello,
> I am new with Elecraft products and as I have just bought a K3S I have a
> couple of questions.
> Has anyone tried to use an RTL dongle (via the IF out) as a panadapter
> instead of a P3?I have tried to connect mine to the IF out but it doesn't
> seem to work. I used HDSDR I have enetred the IF frequency in the settings
> but I don't get any signal.
>
> Also as I am using CW Skimmer, I have noticed that it doesn't "work" that
> well as it used to do with my old Yeasu.I have tried different
> configuration but I think I am missing something....
> Matteo,M0TKM
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[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Most likely the RTL dongle won't or doesn't tune down to the IF
frequency of 8 Mhz +/-.

I use a SDR Play connected to the IF and use HDSDR with OmniRig to
control the SDR play and to control the K3S.  Works great.

73
Bob, K4TAX




On 2/26/2018 2:53 AM, Matteo Gosi via Elecraft wrote:

> Hello,
> I am new with Elecraft products and as I have just bought a K3S I have a couple of questions.
> Has anyone tried to use an RTL dongle (via the IF out) as a panadapter instead of a P3?I have tried to connect mine to the IF out but it doesn't seem to work. I used HDSDR I have enetred the IF frequency in the settings but I don't get any signal.
>
> Also as I am using CW Skimmer, I have noticed that it doesn't "work" that well as it used to do with my old Yeasu.I have tried different configuration but I think I am missing something....
> Matteo,M0TKM
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[John Simmons]

I do this with an RSP1. I have a YouTube video showing this: https://youtu.be/KusmkeLdfwE.  I use the K3 RX ant out to BNC tee, second port to the SDR and the third to the K3 RX ant in. I do it that way for several reasons. CW skimmer works fine too.

> On Feb 26, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Brian P <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Not sure if you already checked this out but for the CW Skimmer issue check
> out the doc posted on their website for the KX3. Its under the resources
> section of the cw skimmer page http://www.dxatlas.com/cwskimmer/ . I would
> post the direct link but it references a .docx document and I dont want to
> raise any red flags on the list.
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:53 AM, Matteo Gosi via Elecraft <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I am new with Elecraft products and as I have just bought a K3S I have a
>> couple of questions.
>> Has anyone tried to use an RTL dongle (via the IF out) as a panadapter
>> instead of a P3?I have tried to connect mine to the IF out but it doesn't
>> seem to work. I used HDSDR I have enetred the IF frequency in the settings
>> but I don't get any signal.
>>
>> Also as I am using CW Skimmer, I have noticed that it doesn't "work" that
>> well as it used to do with my old Yeasu.I have tried different
>> configuration but I think I am missing something....
>> Matteo,M0TKM
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>
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