[Elecraft] LP Pan versus P3 Panadapters

[shwhafen at comcast.net]

Corrections: beacons at 14100 Mhz, not 14000 Mhz,,,Steve W6HPK

----- Original Message -----
From: shwhafen at comcast.net
To: Larry K1UO <k1uo at uninet.net>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:22:46 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP Pan versus P3 Panadapters

Hi Larry & all; I have not used Lp Pan so I cannot really make a comparison, but I have found that if the P3 ref level is set really low just at the noise level and if the span is set to  narrow amounts that indeed very low level sigs can be seen.  For example I hve been "seeing"  the 20 meter beacon sigs that I can not read, but just barely hear. If I were scanning the ham bands, I don't think I would hear most of thse sigs...Of course, I was not noting on the P3 all the beacon sigs[this is at 14,000 Mhz]..My antenna is just a lowly screwdriver attached to my car port....I think my ears are fine, even after 61 yrs of ham radio...ok for weak sig detection...73 Steve, W6HPK

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry K1UO 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:03:01 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP Pan versus P3 Panadapters


Bill,

   I can tell you that just last night, on 160 meters, I copied 2 very weak
stations perfectly Q5 that did not show on the P3 waterfall.  Now, Its
entirely possible its my adjustment skills but I dont think so.  Yes..the K3
IF Mod was factory installed.	 This has happened more than once.  For
some reason I was expecting the P3 to show these very weak signals better
than I could find them myself while tuning but no amount of adjustment so
far will do this.  I may be expecting too much?
Just so you know what anothers experience has been so far.
73




  I too would like to see details of the improvement over LPan etc. I am a
long time user of SDR/computer panadapters for use in detecting very weak
signals at UHF/VHF/microwave. I use a Softrock on the K3 IF port since I got
my K3 a year ago.  I have yet to see one report regarding weak sig detection
with the P3 after many requests to the initial testers of the P3. ANYONE out
there looking for weak weak sigs with a P3??

73  Bill K0AWU  EN37ed


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