[Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes

[K4ia]

I have gotten totally hooked on my LP Pan and CW Skimmer. I can't  
imagine operating without them.

Craig Buck

On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Ken Alexander <k.alexander at rogers.com>  
wrote:

> Oh my goodness!
>
> What are we talking here for a P3, somewhere around $700?  I'm  
> supposed to spend that kind of money to find people on 40 metres in  
> the early afternoon?  It's cheaper to tune through the band with a  
> wide filter selected.  And if I miss someone, good heavens, is it  
> really the end of the world?  If I'm looking for DX it's easier and  
> cheaper to check a DX cluster.
>
> A scope might be handy in contests, so that makes it useful to me  
> maybe 6 to 8 weekends a year.  No sale there either.
>
> This afternoon I could hear the 1 watt signal from the NCDXF 20m  
> beacon in Hawaii.  I could also hear (weakly) the 100 mW signal from  
> the NCDXF beacon in South Africa with my K2 and a vertical...so you  
> can probably guess my opinion on amplifiers.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken Alexander
> VE3HLS
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 2/17/10, Steve Ellington <n4lq at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Steve Ellington <n4lq at carolina.rr.com>
>> Subject: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes
>> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 12:35 AM
>> My 19" monitor is showing a cw
>> segment of 40 meters in the early afternoon. I see 4 active
>> cw signals.
>> Tell me....What would be the odds of finding those signals
>> by tuning across the band with a knob?
>>
>> You would miss hearing the signal if:
>> 1. As you tuned across his frequency, he paused and you
>> didn't hear him.
>> 2. As you tuned across his frequency, he turned it over to
>> the other guy who is too weak to hear.
>> 3. His cw speed is so slow that you tuned across his
>> frequency in between characters.
>> 4. He ended his CQ before you tuned to his frequency.
>> 5. His singnal faded into the noise right when you were
>> tuning through his frequency.
>> 6. You heard a beep as you tuned but now you can't find
>> where he was.
>> 7. He started calling CQ right as you tuned past his
>> frequency.
>>
>> Once you've had a bandscope, it's hard to live without it.
>>
>> See it in action: http://n4lq.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8215456
>>
>> Steve
>> N4LQ
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