[Elecraft] P3 for EME

[Alan Bloom]

Hi Dave,

The latest P3 firmware (00.36) fixed a bug that prevented the P3 from
properly indicating K3 frequencies above 200 MHz.

Alan N1AL


On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 21:23 -0400, elecraft at g4fre.com wrote:
> I used the P3/K3 combo to keep an eye on the activity on the bands 1.3 thro
> 10GHz during the European tropo microwave contest last weekend. It was useful,
> however I had to disable the direct frequency readout on these bands as the P3
> "tune and click" knob could not cope with bands above 144MHz. Reported to Wayne
> Dave
> G4FRE
> > Message: 25
> > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 02:29:18 -0700
> > From: Eric <gliderboy1955 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [Elecraft] P3 for EME
> > To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Message-ID: <3F192E89-0B8A-4DE8-A4F9-A1ADAF45E59E at yahoo.com>
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> > 
> > I finally got to try my P3/K3/XV-144 out in the EME "contest" this past
> > weekend. To my amazement, I could
> > actually see the WSJT tones off the moon for the stronger stations. Most of
> > the time I couldn't, of course, but the P3 was very useful for spotting QRM
> > and birdies when hunting around for a clear QRG. 
> > 
> > If I were able to play with the contrast of the waterfall, along with REF LVL
> > settings, the P3 might be even better for weak signal work. 
> > 
> > I took a couple of screen captures, but I have no website to host them. 
> > 
> > 73
> > 
> > Eric WD6DBM
> > 
> > K3, XV144, P3, XV432, K2, K1, KX1, mini modules, etc.
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