[Elecraft] How to demo P3/K3?

[Lyle Johnson]

>> Looks like we may have someone bring a P3 to demo at the Huntsville (AL)
>> Hamfest. Is there a way to demo it, connected to a K3, without an antenna?
>> We'll be deep in the Civic Center.

I've tried two demos of the P3 inside a building.

The first was in a restaurant in Tucson, AZ.  We were able to pick up 
WWV and look at its sidebands, but it wasn't easy!

The second was in a restaurant north of Seattle.  We finally found one 
weak AM broadcast station.

In both cases we had to connect up a fairly lengthy piece of wire: about 
20' in one case and 60' in the other as I recall.

In your case, I'd probably bring along a KX1 or some other QRP rig, and 
a couple of dummy loads, and then observe the signal from your QRP rig.  
All you can be certain of at the convention center is that you'll pick 
up plenty of noise from lighting fixtures and who knows what else, and 
you wont; find signals to demonstrate with :-(

At hamfests, Elecraft uses a device that can record and playback a 
significant chunk of RF spectrum to create a usable RF demonstration 
environment.

73,

Lyle KK7P