There has been a lot of discussion about contest use and how the APF might not see much usage in a contest. This may come as a surprise to some but there is more than one type of contest operator out there. I am a contester because I participate in most CW contests but I seldom call CQ. I'm the one scanning the band at 50 Hz bandwidth, utilizing AUTO SPOT, and giving out points. I would find the APF extremely useful for my brand of contest operating. Just as I did with my FT1000D.
73, Mike K2MK Nick-WA5BDU wrote: > > Regarding contest usage, that was my thought too. It's been about three > years since I swapped the FT-1000 for the K3 but IIRC, the APF was > pretty great in certain situations -- usually a weak signal, low band > noise, and station not sending too fast. The APF was a little "ring-y" > and muddied faster code a little bit. Last week I got to play with an > FT1k at a club station and confirmed those impressions somewhat. > > In contests I'm usually hands off -- I won't even touch the RIT if it's > possible at all to copy the off-frequency station as-is. In a contest, > even if I ask the other guy for a repeat, the repeat might take two or > three seconds, not enough time to optimize settings. > > But it's not all about contests, and some contests (QRP, for example) > tend to be less frenzied too. I'm one of the many anxious to get a look > at this new feature in an already great rig. > > 73- > > Nick, WA5BDU > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/APF-suggestions-tp5675999p5683944.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
