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List:       elecraft
Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer
From:       Ted Roycraft <ted.roycraft () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-12-31 19:58:52
Message-ID: 2f07be14-a2f5-e8a8-44d0-b06d7d5ed27e () gmail ! com
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Why not ask the author of CWSkimmer, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA what his 
plans are?  I would think he would be a central character in making 
CWSkimmer compatible with the K4.  Wayne, N6KR, has already said that K4 
baseband I/Q signals would be provided over the ethernet which is all, I 
believe, that VE3NEA needs if he can pick them off the ethernet or if 
someone else can  write software that makes it look like the I/Q 
ethernet signals came from an audio card which is where CWSkimmer 
normally picks them up.  I would hazard a guess that someone from 
Elecraft has already contacted Alex.  As long as he has not signed an 
NDA with Elecraft, I bet Alex could tell us something concrete and maybe 
end the uninformative speculation that's been circulating.

I go along with K4TAX who says keep CWSkimmer on the shack computer.  
Putting it on this and that radio is a support nightmare.

73, Ted, W2ZK

On 12/31/2019 2:22 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> Thoughts on this.    I would expect the K4 to be a high performance 
> product in both the on air performance and the communications 
> interface performance.   I would not expect it to have any embedded 
> applications as there are just to dang many;  CW ones, Digital, ones, 
> Logging ones, and etc.   Everybody has there favorites of each of these.
>
> Trying to embed just a few applications raises the question of "what 
> few?".   We all use an outboard computer to do station house keeping.  
> I say keep it that way and every one can then use their favorite 
> application.   I'd speculate if there were a number of applications 
> embedded, then Elecraft would have to ship a "crying towel" with 
> every  radio.  There are just those folks that seemed not to be 
> pleased, regardless of what ever it is in front of them.   As 'tis 
> said; "one can please part of the people part of the time and all of 
> the people none of the time".    Lets just keep the radio doing what a 
> radio should do and the computer keeping the operator happy with what 
> ever application they so choose.
>
> Happy New Year to all
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> On 12/31/2019 10:24 AM, Barry wrote:
>> If Elecraft makes the K4 I&Q data avail in MME format, there will be 
>> no need to implement these on the radio itself. They can all reside 
>> on the computer that is used for control and whatever else. It will 
>> be basically like running with a KX3.
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry
>> K3NDM
>>
>
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