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" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 00:36 To: <[email protected]> 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
