If you are looking this this price range also consider the QS1R SDR. I have it connected in the same fashion as Dave does with the Perseus.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Tue Nov 4 14:11 , Dave G4AON sent: >Paul, I use a Perseus SDR (see QST for December 08 for the review, also >on the members site). Perseus has a USB2 interface rather than the >narrow band sound card approach. I don't use the IF out of the K3 with >Perseus, but connect them in parallel using an outboard ferrite splitter >on the RF IN/OUT of the K3's KXV3 interface module. Frequency "linking" >them via Ham Radio Deluxe so that either the K3 tunes the Perseus or >vice versa. The combination works very well, indeed the noise reduction >in the Perseus is superior to that in the K3. The receiver performance >is similar for both as the Perseus has a 3rd order IMD of 97 dB at 2 KHz >spacing. > >The only downside to Perseus is the current lack of support from 3rd >party programs which seem to favour the 192 KHz bandwidth simpler SDR >receivers (Perseus has 1600 KHz bandwidth). There is a comparison of >Perseus vs. SDR-IQ at: http://www.ssb.de/amateur/pdf/radcom_mar08.pdf > >73 Dave, G4AON >K3/100 #80 > >Has anyone had an opportunity to compare LP-PAN with the SDR-IQ using >SpectraVue? I am interested in using the K3 in a compact, portable >environment with my laptop PC where I would like to avoid the use of an >external sound card if possible, and the SDR-IQ seems to meet this >requirement. > >Moreover, with the N8LP I.F. buffer mod conducted on the K3, is there any >reason to pursue any further I.F. level or impedance optimization when >using >the SDR-IQ? Tnx! > >Paul, W9AC >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
