R: Sub-rx or P3?

[Giulio Pico - IW3HVB]

IMHO the panoramic display is better. You can have an instantaneous glance at the pileup, and above all you can spot a hole where put out your call...
73 de Giulio IW3HVB
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Oggetto: [Elecraft] Sub-rx or P3?
Inviato: 1 Set 2010 12:30 pm

Just curious about opinions of CW DXers/contesters here on the list
regarding these two options - which is likely to make the most impact on
effectiveness?

"Both" is not currently an option  ;-)

John Harper AE5X
http://www.ae5x.com/blog

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[alsopb]

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> IMHO the panoramic display is better. You can have an instantaneous glance at the pileup, and above all you can spot a hole where put out your call...
> 73 de Giulio IW3HVB

First rule of DXing is to call where the DX is listening.  The hole may
not be that spot.  You really need to know what frequency/frequencies he
is listening on.  That takes IDing the station.  A panoramic display is
only marginally useful for that.

73 de Brian/K3KO
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[ab2tc]

I would agree with that. The pileup you hear is only a small fraction of what the DX is hearing so that hole is not likely to be clear at his site. The DX is most likely to be listening where he made his last contact. The panadapter does help to spot where that is. Usually the DX will only move when too many people have found the spot and it becomes too crowded.

AB2TC - Knut

alsopb wrote

<snip>
First rule of DXing is to call where the DX is listening.  The hole may
not be that spot.  You really need to know what frequency/frequencies he
is listening on.  That takes IDing the station.  A panoramic display is
only marginally useful for that.

73 de Brian/K3KO
<snip>