Posted by
Tony Estep on
Oct 09, 2011; 8:42pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Sudden-K3-AGC-pop-off-after-adding-P3-tp6872073p6875163.html
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Stephen Prior <
[hidden email]>wrote:
> .... the more advanced RFSpace
> offerings will give the K3 a good run for its money in receive performance
> terms, but from my perspective, I'm afraid it's got to have knobs on!
>
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It's been observed by many on this reflector and elsewhere that the quality
of programming of ham software has not come up to equal the quality of
hardware design. I think this criticism is pretty valid. Moreover I don't
see why there is any magic to having a PC do demodulation and DSP, tasks
that are really better suited to dedicated CPU and DSP chips inside the
radio. I've tried it both ways and I agree with Stephen about the knobs.
IMHO, the KX3 design makes a heck of a lot more sense than a knobless image
on a computer that you operate with a mouse. The ideal combo would be a
knob-equipped radio that put out I-Q directly to a PC program that put up a
clickable panadapter, just like the setup you get by using LP-Pan with a K3
except that the LP-Pan function would be brought onboard the radio -- as it
is in the KX3.
73, Tony KT0NY
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