I have gotten totally hooked on my LP Pan and CW Skimmer. I can't imagine operating without them.
Craig Buck On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Ken Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
