[Elecraft] Some P3 Details

[Brett Howard]

Let me see if I can help...  

A panadapter is a lot like a piece of professional equipment called a
spectrum analyzer.  If you are so inclined you can read about spectrum
analyzers too but what it gives you is a plot of amplitude vs frequency.
Most often in a panadapter the center frequency is the frequency that
your radio is on and the graph provides you information about what is
going on in the radio spectrum around you.  So you can literally see
that there is another CW contact going on just below you or you can tune
into the SSB portion of the band and literally see the contacts going on
then simply put a curson on a particular peak and poof you're instantly
tuned and listening to that station.  This becomes handy if you're on a
quiet band as you can look at the panadapter and get an instant snap
shot of whats going on on the whole band at once with out dialing
around.  And during a contest it can help you find stations and/or help
you find holes in which to call.  

Hope this helps.


On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 19:28 +1200, Bryan, ZL1NI wrote:
> Does anyone know of a Dummies Guide to Panadaptors that covers:
> 
>   What is a Panadaptor?
>   What is it used for?
>   Why a ham might want one?
> 
> 
> Bryan, Zl1NI
> 
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