Oh my goodness! What are we talking here for a P3, somewhere around $700? I'm supposed to spend that kind of money to find people on 40 metres in the early afternoon? It's cheaper to tune through the band with a wide filter selected. And if I miss someone, good heavens, is it really the end of the world? If I'm looking for DX it's easier and cheaper to check a DX cluster.
A scope might be handy in contests, so that makes it useful to me maybe 6 to 8 weekends a year. No sale there either. This afternoon I could hear the 1 watt signal from the NCDXF 20m beacon in Hawaii. I could also hear (weakly) the 100 mW signal from the NCDXF beacon in South Africa with my K2 and a vertical...so you can probably guess my opinion on amplifiers. 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS --- On Wed, 2/17/10, Steve Ellington <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Steve Ellington <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 12:35 AM > My 19" monitor is showing a cw > segment of 40 meters in the early afternoon. I see 4 active > cw signals. > Tell me....What would be the odds of finding those signals > by tuning across the band with a knob? > > You would miss hearing the signal if: > 1. As you tuned across his frequency, he paused and you > didn't hear him. > 2. As you tuned across his frequency, he turned it over to > the other guy who is too weak to hear. > 3. His cw speed is so slow that you tuned across his > frequency in between characters. > 4. He ended his CQ before you tuned to his frequency. > 5. His singnal faded into the noise right when you were > tuning through his frequency. > 6. You heard a beep as you tuned but now you can't find > where he was. > 7. He started calling CQ right as you tuned past his > frequency. > > Once you've had a bandscope, it's hard to live without it. > > See it in action: http://n4lq.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8215456 > > Steve > N4LQ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
