I'd agree. I never had either in the past and now I'm constantly looking at the P3 and I do use the sub-receiver but don't turn it on every time I'm on. The panadapter tells me when the band is dead, when my antenna is tuned properly (I have a magnetic loop that needs to be tuned all the time), when other stations are on, and also if the *%&# power line arcing is active on the pole outside my house (it's scheduled to be fixed, but it's been going on for months). I'm sure I could go back to doing things the old way, but it's like turning off DX spotting: why would I want to?
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, Mike K2MK wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I have the sub RX and the P3 and I would not want to be without either, > however, if I were trying to save money on an initial purchase I would buy > the P3. The P3 is easy to use and is useful at all times under all > conditions. The large screen SVGA option which I also have is nice but > certainly not mandatory. The P3 in combination with the existing tools on > the K3 will make working split very rewarding. > > The sub RX is wonderful but I can go weeks without every turning it on. But > when needed it is a superb tool. However, working a split DX station where > there are thousands of callers is still tedious. The sub RX in combination > with the P3 is terrific. > > I would also say that a P3 is much more useful in a contest than a sub RX. > I've operated many CW contests where I never turn on the sub RX but use the > P3 extensively. However, if you have the opportunity to add a low noise > receive antenna for the low bands then the sub RX can also be used for > diversity reception. This is where you can listen to your transmit antenna > in one ear and your receive antenna in the other ear. For some this is a > powerful tool for weak signal work. > > RobertG wrote >> >> I have never used either a panadapter or a sub-receiver, so I'm a newbie >> in this area. I use CW almost exclusively, and I chase DX and enter >> contests [less so in the past, more in the future]. I have a "small >> pistol" station with no allusions of being a band master. Question: >> which of these two options might I find more useful for my station and >> operating preferences? Yes, I can have them both in my K3, but if I had >> to choose, which one would seem preferable? Thanks for all opinions. -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - [email protected] BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte ______________________________________________________________ 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
