[Elecraft] More Fun with the P3

[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

I heard him work you! I never got through the pileup with my pathetic little 
sloper... But it would have been nice to have the P3 capability, maybe I 
could have found a better spot to call.

Makes me want one -- but I really have to get a KRX3, too, so I can use the 
new fast QSK in split mode. I found that at 30 WPM, I couldn't really hear 
him coming back between the elements of my characters using the "normal" 
QSK. Looks like I need the fast QSK. Most DX seems to ask for QSX "up" 
somewhere between 1 and 2 kHz. I don't know if the promised "XIT/RIT of a 
few hundred Hz" is going to be enough for the way most DX stations operate; 
it depends on how many hundreds "a few" is. If "a few" is like 200-300 Hz, 
it looks like the KRX3 is a real must for serious DXing, at least in the 
absence of a P3.

Bill W5WVO
Just getting back into HF DXing after 40 years LOL

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From: "gary bartlett" <garybartlett at accesswave.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 00:36
To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] More Fun with the P3

>            Watching the P3 while listening to DX operating split and using
> the second receiver to listen to the pile-up, for the first time, is a
> technique that everyone told me would be nice but I wasn't prepared for 
> how
> easy and effective it turned out to be.  Everyone knows how to set up the 
> K3
> so the only other things to do are (1) get the P3 MRKR A on the run
> station's frequency just so you know where it is. Now use MKR B to select
> your location in the pile up.  Find the hole; push the QSY knob.
>
>
>
>            The technique of using the K3 receiver and your ears to look 
> for
> a hole and then transmitting there was obvious right thing to do, but it's
> easier said than done to do well.  The P3 takes away all that hassle.  I
> agree that this is a highly suspect claim but the visual technique 
> actually
> worked for me on the very first try, probably mostly good luck, but
> nonetheless the pile-up covered 2 kHz and I found a hole with the P3 and 
> he
> heard me.
>
>
>
>            Those who wonder at my good luck might as well know that it was
> 9X0TL at 0010 9 Jan , new band-country for 9X (20M0.
>
>
>
>            73,
>
>            Gary, VE1RGB
>
>
>
>
>
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