Although I really like using a panadapter, which I made from a Softrock Lite II for $21.00 and an external USB sound card for about $50.00, it was a lot of fun using my K1 during a recent NAQCC sprint. Panadapters are nice, but not absolutely necessary in my opinion.
73, Art WB8ENE On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Clay Autery <caut...@montac.com> wrote: > Never used an LP-Pan, but it appears to be a sweet instrument and lots > of folks like it. > > I have a P3 w/ SVGA option (will add TXMON soon). > > IMHO, a panadapter is no longer optional. I use it every time I am on > the radio... regardless of the band. > > I use it to monitor a band segment when running a net. Use it to find > signals when DXing, et al. Use it for weak signal work (the screen is > better than my ears). > > Use it for all kinds of stuff... > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > MONTAC Enterprises > (318) 518-1389 > > On 7/27/2016 10:05 AM, knowk...@verizon.net wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have yet to be convinced I need a panadapter for HF but its use for > weak signal 6m use is what has my attention. That said, I have seen the P3 > and an LP-Pan demonstrated but nothing else. I realize I am probably trying > to compare apples to oranges but how do these stack up against each other? > Can anything besides the P3 be used to point and click for QSY? I think > the P3 lends itself to my rudimentary comfort level with computers but I do > have good tech support in my wife. That said, fire away.... > > > > Tnx, > > Jim, W5QM > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to valvetb...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
