Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-16 Thread David Gilbert
Keep in mind that you can do point/click freqeuncy changes from the bandmap in certain logging programs. Both N1MM (contesting) and Logger32 (general logger) offer rapid QSY that way I assume others do as well. If you spot a frequency of interest on the Rocky display, you could do the

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-16 Thread Bill Davis Jr
gt; From: w3...@embarqmail.com > To: lesch...@gmail.com > CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3 > > Bob, > > You are partially correct. To be specific, LP-PAN is a glorified > Softrock plus Clifton Labs Z1 with transformer coupling

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-16 Thread WA9VEE
Hi. I just want to mention re KRx3, good antennas on the 2nd receiver are not needed to make diversity the best feature on my K3. 2nd antenna here just a floor to ceiling wire stuck to the wall using a little MFJ tuner. Main antenna a 200' stealth end fed wire. 80% of the time diversity improves t

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-15 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bob, You are partially correct. To be specific, LP-PAN is a glorified Softrock plus Clifton Labs Z1 with transformer coupling to the soundcard, all dressed up in an enclosure. If you compare the price of all those pieces (particularly the enclosure), the price of the LP-PAN is not out of

[Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-15 Thread Bob
Is the LP-Pan nothing more than a glorified Softrock type of receiver which can be bought for $10? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Mike K2MK
Hi Bill, I have the Sub RX and have found it to be something that I occasionally use. If I operate an hour or two a day, I might use it continuously one day and then not at all for the next three days. But I love it and would not want to ever be without it. I haven't yet ordered a P3 but can see

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Brian Alsop
How about a K3 + SUBRX plus SDR/ROCKY or SDR/SKIMMER combo. Either SDR has very easy to setup software. Much cheaper than P3. For cracking a big pileup, one needs some way of ID'ing the frequency of the last N stations the DX worked. A panadapter might or might not work well-- guys calling co

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Ken Kopp
I added the second receiver for one reason ... monitoring six meters for openings. In fact, it has only an antenna connection on the rear of the K3 with no means to use the other methods of feeding antennas to it's input. As another poster has already pointed out, the K3 works split well, and ..

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Craig D. Smith
Good question, Bill. I recently added both the sub RX and the P3 to my K3 SN 608, so am in a position to offer at least an opinion on the added utility of each. It was also my first experience with either capability. I'm mostly a CW contester but do some DXing and MW/SW listening. In a nutshel

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
Go for the KRX3 this year and a P3 next 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 (with KRX3), P3 #108 -- One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996) On 13 Aug 2010, at 18:44, Bi

Re: [Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Bill W4ZV
Bill Myers wrote: > > The KRX3 seemed like a natural next step. I am a "casual" DXer and > contester, so it made sense to gain the features it would add, especially > for SPLIT operation. But the K3 really has a good split system without > the sub-RX - at least for my level of seriousness. >

[Elecraft] P3 or KRX3

2010-08-13 Thread Bill Myers
I need some advice about my next upgrade. My K3 (4380) does not have the sub-Rx, which was my next planned addition. However, the P3 has attracted my attention, and may be a better choice. The KRX3 seemed like a natural next step. I am a "casual" DXer and contester, so it made sense to gain t