Before buying my K3S a few years ago I had never owned a pan adaptor or
considered it necessary. Now I find my P3 a very useful accessory and would
not want to be without it for my home station. One example: up here in Alaska
at 61 degrees N, often most of the bands are “dead”. I can go into the shack
and quickly scroll through the bands and see if any signals are on the band.
Typically if a signal shows up on the P3, it might be workable, but if it does
not show up, probably not workable. On bands like 160 meters with little
activity, I can immediately see if it is even worth sitting down at the
operating desk, or I may decide to watch TV, read, or go out skiing.
Occasionally I dig out my microphone and operate SSB. Sometimes on a 75 meter
net, I want to talk to another ham, so can see on my display that there is a
(relatively) open frequency 13 KHz up, so just ask him to QSY up 13 so the net
can continue on “it’s” frequency. Also I have 2 or 3 antennas on some bands,
with the P3 I can quickly see which works best and also that my RX array may be
better for RX than my other antennas. Also I can electronically rotate my RX
array and quickly see which direction has the best S to S+N ratio, which is not
always the setting for max signal. I do not need a big, or colored display.
You can set the P3 off to the side and not be distracted except when you need
it. I set my P3 up to cover 50 KHz of a band so can see where or if there is
any action. Now if I only had a display weighing only a few ounces for my
backpacking QRP rigs ! I really enjoy my K3S and have no plans to “upgrade”
personally, even though budget is not an issue.
Enjoy your Elecraft rigs, I have 3 of them !
Rick KL7CW
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