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 the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX frequency. I always wanted to be my own frequency cop. Or to defeat those who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up.
There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at home with a limited station and always being the weak signal. When on a trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite easily in the pile-up. No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to provide us a report after their experiment. Maybe we will discover that ears are the only answer. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV) 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 12:08, Cady, 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. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 ______________________________________________________________ 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
