Well, what a learning curve this has been! After about 20 hours work, and a bit of expense, I now have a working Panadapter / Waterfall for my Elecraft KX3.
Is it a PX3? Of course not, but it shows what is happening around the frequency I’m listening to (good when trying to make contact with a DX Station working split), it’s a fraction of the price and is available now. I still have a PX3 on order though!
Here’s a quick video of it working (on Instagram):
I am a total newcomer to Linux, Bash Scripts and Python programming, but with lots of Googling, some emails from friendly amateurs, patience, coffee and beer, I muddled through and have a working device. Because I’m kind; I’ve documented the entire process for you to follow 🙂
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/blog/M0JMO-Tiny_Python_Panadapter-Raspberry_Pi_Setup_Guide-v1_2.pdf
Have fun and let me know when you get yours working! I’m @JoshMurray on Twitter.
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Hello Josh, did receive my adafruit display yesterday and today everything is working, very good tutorial !!! is more easy now to see any band frequency activity on my KX3 🙂
Jacinto Rebelo
CU2ED
Hi, forgot to say, I still didn’t receive the Griffin iMic, so I tested my Emu 0204 USB sound card and works 100% … and I didn’t have to use any audio isolator circuit, waterfall very clean.
Jacinto
Hi Jacinto,
I’m really glad you have got this working! I don’t think I can live without the panadapter/waterfall display now; it’s so fascinating to see the signals on the screen 🙂
Good news that you have successfully used a different sound card too.
Cheers!
Josh de M0JMO