More Fun with the P3
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Watching the P3 while listening to DX operating split and using
the second receiver to listen to the pile-up, for the first time, is a technique that everyone told me would be nice but I wasn't prepared for how easy and effective it turned out to be. Everyone knows how to set up the K3 so the only other things to do are (1) get the P3 MRKR A on the run station's frequency just so you know where it is. Now use MKR B to select your location in the pile up. Find the hole; push the QSY knob. The technique of using the K3 receiver and your ears to look for a hole and then transmitting there was obvious right thing to do, but it's easier said than done to do well. The P3 takes away all that hassle. I agree that this is a highly suspect claim but the visual technique actually worked for me on the very first try, probably mostly good luck, but nonetheless the pile-up covered 2 kHz and I found a hole with the P3 and he heard me. Those who wonder at my good luck might as well know that it was 9X0TL at 0010 9 Jan , new band-country for 9X (20M0. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: More Fun with the P3
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I heard him work you! I never got through the pileup with my pathetic little
sloper... But it would have been nice to have the P3 capability, maybe I could have found a better spot to call. Makes me want one -- but I really have to get a KRX3, too, so I can use the new fast QSK in split mode. I found that at 30 WPM, I couldn't really hear him coming back between the elements of my characters using the "normal" QSK. Looks like I need the fast QSK. Most DX seems to ask for QSX "up" somewhere between 1 and 2 kHz. I don't know if the promised "XIT/RIT of a few hundred Hz" is going to be enough for the way most DX stations operate; it depends on how many hundreds "a few" is. If "a few" is like 200-300 Hz, it looks like the KRX3 is a real must for serious DXing, at least in the absence of a P3. Bill W5WVO Just getting back into HF DXing after 40 years LOL -------------------------------------------------- From: "gary bartlett" <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 00:36 To: <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] More Fun with the P3 > Watching the P3 while listening to DX operating split and using > the second receiver to listen to the pile-up, for the first time, is a > technique that everyone told me would be nice but I wasn't prepared for > how > easy and effective it turned out to be. Everyone knows how to set up the > K3 > so the only other things to do are (1) get the P3 MRKR A on the run > station's frequency just so you know where it is. Now use MKR B to select > your location in the pile up. Find the hole; push the QSY knob. > > > > The technique of using the K3 receiver and your ears to look > for > a hole and then transmitting there was obvious right thing to do, but it's > easier said than done to do well. The P3 takes away all that hassle. I > agree that this is a highly suspect claim but the visual technique > actually > worked for me on the very first try, probably mostly good luck, but > nonetheless the pile-up covered 2 kHz and I found a hole with the P3 and > he > heard me. > > > > Those who wonder at my good luck might as well know that it was > 9X0TL at 0010 9 Jan , new band-country for 9X (20M0. > > > > 73, > > Gary, VE1RGB > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: More Fun with the P3
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How cool is that. A witness!
I have been in the position of those who are currently waiting for a new Elecraft product and I know how you feel, but the P3 is going to be well worth the wait for an awful lot of stations. Seems to possess a very prolonged gee-whiz! stage. Gary, VE1RGB -----Original Message----- From: Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: August 9, 2010 1:17 PM To: gary bartlett; [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Fun with the P3 I heard him work you! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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