Yes, that was my experience on Conway Reef last year. I could only work a given RX frequency for a couple of Qs before having to hunt for a clearer call and start again. I began to notice that the weaker signals that I could copy tended to be on clearer frequencies, so they would be my guide to where to start again. It seemed to work pretty well as I did a fellow who said he was running 1W on 20M SSB. I think he was from the level of excitement in his voice.
I've had really good luck working DX by calling at the upper edge of the pileup. As the DX op I would often just go 'up' to the upper edge to find a clear call, and I think a lot of other DX ops do the same when the pileups become a roaring wall of noise. - 73 de Mike, K6MKF, W6NAG, NCDXC, Conway Reef 2012, K3-P3 Addict, Maui -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jay Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:57 AM To: a...@twcny.rr.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net; eric norris Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The P3 Effect Having been " out there a few times" I know I spin the dial usually after 1-2 Q's as dual receivers and other tools brings the pileups to who I just worked . I will usually jump the edges, then jump the center and repeat that in odd combinations. Today one cannot listen for the gang on one frequency very long...so it's always " keep moving" Jay Sent from my iPad= ----- Original Message ----- From: <a...@twcny.rr.com> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; "eric norris" <gliderboy1...@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The P3 Effect > Perhaps this is why DXpeditions seem to play "spin the dial" more; having > many stations converge on the last rx frequency probably tends to slow > their rate. I experienced this effect at PZ5RO. It would be interesting > to get feedback from DXpedition ops. > > 73, Redd - AI2N > > ---- eric norris <gliderboy1...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Has anyone else noticed just how many people are now able to pounce on >> the last frequency TX5K used? Back in the day you swapped VFOs and >> listened for the calling station. After I got my P3 it seemed to be a >> real advantage because you could instantly find the calling station (if >> you could hear him). Now so many people do this it seems to almost be a >> requirement to have a P3 or panadapter of some sort. Of course, I could >> be wrong. >> >> 73 Eric WD6DBM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
