I'm not "anit-scope"; just don't think I can justify the cost based upon my casual operating style. Certainly I would like to have one to play around with, I just don't want to pay for it...
For the scenarios you listed below I think a non-scope K3 could be much improved if it had a wider bandpass and more sophisticated scanner. Although I operate almost entirely in CW my bandpass is typically set wide open. However, this is effectively only aout 2 KHz max, which is not nearly wide enough when you want to hear what is going on around you on the band. As for the K3 scanner, it is rudimentary and of very limited usefulness. It has a few one-size-fits-all scanning rates, which never seem to be exactly appropriate (depending on how much territory you want to cover). Also the dwell time for squelched scanning is, as far as I can tell, completely random: sometimes it stops for a fraction of a second, sometimes for many seconds. The scanner would be much more useful if it had a user variable scanning rate (perhaps implemented in some way with the VFO B knob or RIT control), so that one could smoothly vary the rate while the receiver is scanning. Same goes for a user controllable dwell time. But I suppose few K3 owners have even tried the scanner, so there probably isn't much call to improve it. 73, Drew AF2Z On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:35:50 -0500, Steve N4LQ wrote: >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
