It seems to me this supports the argument for using a laptop for
display. The LP-Pan would be ideal due to its small size. A
screenless compact version of the P3 would be as convenient. I
assume that laptops are taken on dx-peditions for logging.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
While that is another option, I have used LP PAN in the past. For me
the P3 is much more flexible. My computer screens are already clogged
up with logging programs etc. It is nice to look over at the P3 and do
what I need to do on the P3 without losing window focus on other apps etc.
The
It seems to me this supports the argument for using a laptop for
display. The LP-Pan would be ideal due to its small size.
If one wants screenless operation, SDR-IQ with its Spectravue
software is ideal. The SDR-IQ is about 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/4,
will interface to the K3 IF Out and
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:55:34 -0400
Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote:
If one wants screenless operation, SDR-IQ with its Spectravue
software is ideal. The SDR-IQ is about 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/4,
will interface to the K3 IF Out and computer USB. Using VSPE,
LP-Bridge or another virtual
On 4/28/2011 1:02 PM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
And you get another pretty good general coverage receiver out of the
deal.
The general coverage receiver is only available if you do not feed
SDR-IQ from the K3 IF Out jack and quality will be somewhat dependent
on the soundcard used for audio
John,
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Sounds like a great trip.
While not exactly dxpeditioning, I take my P3 to P4 for contests, and find
it to be invaluable, both for checking band activity and for finding open
spots for running. Here's a picture of a prototype P3 in use in 2010 WPX
Especially if it were made of aluminum to save a bit on weight.
-Original Message-
Suggestion to Elecraft: What would make the P3 even more useful for
travelling would be a smaller version. The box is mostly empty space,
so a faceplate in a 2-3 inch deep box with appropriate fold
I was more interested in
making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited
and sustained
pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three
or 4 days.
You know, as a guy with a little station who has never been
wanted, I should be so lucky than to have this problem :)
-lu-W4LT-
You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of
the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole
display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you
are listening to figure out the operator's pattern.
-Original Message-
You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep?
DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV.
If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer.
Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is.
73 DE Brian/K3KO
On 4/26/2011
Brian,
Most of the comment so far appears to be focused on the hunter, not the
DXpedition.
On the next effort we intend to use the P3 on a receiving station monitoring
bands we are not using at a particular time. Many Dxpeditions do not have a
huge number of operators. If you mean a Dxpedition
Fred wrote:
You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of
the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole
display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you
are listening to figure out the operator's pattern.
Thanks, Fred, that
SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and
granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is
a mode nonetheless operated by many.
SSTV is not recognized as a separate mode in the DXCC program - or as
far as I know in any major DX award program.
My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making
QSOs. Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in
making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained
pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days. I
think
I would prefer the room for other things in the travel bag instead of
the P3. All of the things you would like to do can be done with the
radio alone. In split mode you can monitor your own transmit
frequency. There is not much you can do about what goes on there and
the UP UP UP ers will
To me it was all about easily providing the operator with alternatives to
nothing but the receiver alone that might ease the pressure of the
DXpedition workload. That would have lead directly to increased throughput,
in which case everyone would win. An experiment based on selfishness but
with
Let me be quick to counter any unintended tone of bitterness regarding my
good friend Randy N0TG and the CY0 DXpedition that most recently happened.
It was clearly my choice not to go on the final trip.
73,
Gary, VE1RGB
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
W0MU wrote:
Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the
case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a
third of the size I might consider taking one.
Oooh, there's a cool idea. That ought to be pretty easy to do.
I think there is a use for it,
Write an app for an iPad or Android device.
Nick Marsh
WB4SQI
On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Cady, Fred fc...@ece.montana.edu wrote:
W0MU wrote:
Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the
case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a
third
Joe,
I am certainly NOT going anywhere on the top 200 list. Where we are going is
a unique place in VK and most likely the transmissions will be on NON DX
bands to a station in VK to get the pics posted.
I don't think too many people will even notice mate.
Gary
On 26 April 2011 23:35, Joe
Hi Brian, et al:
Perhaps the experience of someone who has actually taken a P3 on
a DX operation might be of some interest.
I returned early February from a month and a half trip to Southern
Africa. While not a dxpedition per se, the trip did include a single-
handed, but serious, operation
I was all set to take my P3 to CY0 with N0TG and crew because I had
convinced myself that it would be the perfect tool for pile-up management as
the DX station. I even went so far as having (very nice) matching K3/P3
cases made up by Rose. The P3 case has sufficient remaining room for
Brian,
I will be QRV at Undara Volcano National Park (VKV-01) with a complete
K-Line so will let you know. May 18th-May 24th, 10/15M openings to the US
expected to be good.
You can look here for more info: http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/activities.htm
73's
Gary
On 26 April 2011 07:54, gary bartlett
gary bartlett wrote:
I figured that I could use the P3 to look around any given band
before I started creating a pile-up to see how much damage I might be
doing, and once I found the best (i.e., least offensive) portion of the
band, I was going to use the Span adjustment in Tracking Mode
Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
That's a very responsible attitude (although the same result can be
achieved with a panadapter).
Sorry, low coffee error: ...same result can be achieved withOUT a
panadapter.
--
73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
On 4/25/2011 10:06 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
Fixed-tune mode is excellent for pileups, except that all the
information is crowded into the right-hand half of the screen because
the DX operator is normally listening UP.
No problem. I use ONLY fixed tune mode. I have the Fixed Tune toggle
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