[Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes

[lstavenhagen]

Er, I thought that was kind of the point of it all. To find and work stations
with just your radio using your basic operating skills (i.e. listening) is
part of the overall enjoyment?

Try it sometime - I.e. turn on your 400 or even 200hz CW filter and start at
the very bottom of the band. Start working your way up very slowly and see
how many sigs you can scare up. with a really good RX like our elecrafts,
you'll be amazed at what you'll actually find down there right above the
noise if you scan manually and slow/carefully..... Or practice starting off
with a wider filter to "spot" sigs then keep narrowing as you listen up and
down. It's definitely a skill and one that can be quite enjoyable to
develop.

I dunno, a scope just kind of takes the fun out of the "easter egg hunt" for
me. It is kind of neat for getting a big picture of the activity on the
band, but actually hunting them down I prefer to do with just the VFO and
the filters like I had to do in The Old Days hi hi.

JMO,
LS
W5QD, K2 #6880
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