[Elecraft] N4PY Software gets me TX9

[Tsachy L]

Hi
First - well done & enjoy this rare one.
With all my deep love for the K2 (mine #1458) and respect for software by
hams for hams - let's not exaggerate.
"...Without the N4PY software it couldn't be done..." - absolutely not
right.
Proper split procedure at the RX end (your or mine...without any software)
can assure spotting & finding the
DX station and working him, provided all other things are normal (no
jamming, proper power etc').
Just done that, 15m cw, no software at all, on my 751A 100W + 3 el beam.(&
Yes - it was rough...)
73, Isaac  , 4Z4TL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Huffman" <hjohnc at core.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] N4PY Software gets me TX9


> I worked TX9.  After getting up at 4 am since last Thursday and devoting a
long
> weekend, I had no luck.  On Tuesday evening at 7 pm I finally got him on
17 CW.
> I could not have worked him without N4PY software.
>
> My K2/100 is an excellent radio and my 80 meter dipole usually does the
job, but
> they were no match for the combination of loud pileups and weak DX
signals.
> This is because the K2 does not allow different filters for VFO A and VFO
B.
>
> Using N4PY software I could really narrow the filter to listen for TX9's
weak
> signal on VFO A and, at the same time, use a wide filter on VFO B to find
where
> in the band he was listening.
>
> I tried for days to be just a bit up or down from the station he last
worked.
> The wide filter on VFO B made that easy, but still no luck.  It sounded
like
> everyone else in the pileup was doing the same thing.
>
> Finally I hit on the right combination.  Use a narrow filter on VFO A to
be sure
> I could hear him clearly.  Use a wide filter on VFO B to listen to the
pileup.
> Then, as soon as he finishes with one QSO, click the A/B button on the
N4PY
> software so you are listening to the pileup.  Quickly search for a quiet
hole in
> the mob, tune VFO B there, click A/B again, and start sending your call.
>
> You have to be fast.  As soon as he finishes with someone, it takes less
than a
> second or two to go to VFO B, find a hole, go to VFO A, and start calling.
> Without the N4PY software it couldn't be done.  The hole moves as the
pileup
> shifts around.  To be effective you need to do this after each of his
QSOs.
>
> I suppose those with dual receivers can do that easily.  But, with most of
that
> functionality provided by the software I can be competitive with the big
boys
> with my K2.
>
> I have no financial or other interest in the N4PY software other than
being a
> satisfied user.
>
> 73 de NA8M
> John
>
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