P3 Pre-purchase questions

[Jerry Moore]

I'm looking to buy a P3 to go with my K3s.
Are the older P3's the same as the new ones or are there different hardware versions? I'm noticing some used P3's being offered recently for almost the same as new direct from Elecraft.
Thanks in advance.
Jer/AE4PB

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[Bill Frantz]

There are some options available for the P3 including a
power/SWR meter and an external monitor output (called the SVGA
option). These can be retrofitted to all P3s.

In general, Elecraft leans over backwards to make upgrade kits
available for older models. See their web site to check if there
are any kits available for the P3.

BTW - I love my P3 and wouldn't be without it.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 5/2/16 at 12:16 PM, [hidden email] (Jerry) wrote:

>I'm looking to buy a P3 to go with my K3s.
>Are the older P3's the same as the new ones or are there
>different hardware versions? I'm noticing some used P3's being
>offered recently for almost the same as new direct from Elecraft.
>Thanks in advance.
>Jer/AE4PB

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[k6dgw]

There is an option for all P3's to feed the video to a large monitor.
It's called SVGA and may provide a keyboard connection as well.
Recently, a TX power monitor option was announced.  I don't have either.

I bought my P3 primarily as a "toy," I thought it would be cool to be
able to see where the activity was every now and then.  It's about as
far from a toy as you can get now ... it's what I look at all the time.
Spotting the where the guy is that the DX just called is easy, as is
discerning which direction the DX is tuning.

Sadly, it does not work when I'm operating W7RN remotely since stringing
60 or km of RG-58 from the IF output at the station to my P3 is sort of
a non-starter. :-))

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org

On 5/2/2016 12:16 PM, Jerry wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a P3 to go with my K3s.
> Are the older P3's the same as the new ones or are there different hardware versions? I'm noticing some used P3's being offered recently for almost the same as new direct from Elecraft.
> Thanks in advance.
> Jer/AE4PB

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