[Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)

[Gary Gregory]

Brian,

Most of the comment so far appears to be focused on the hunter, not the
DXpedition.

On the next effort we intend to use the P3 on a receiving station monitoring
bands we are not using at a particular time. Many Dxpeditions do not have a
huge number of operators. If you mean a Dxpedition to a rare and much sought
after entity then that is a different situation entirely. Some of these are
able to operate many if not all the bands and modes they are set up for,
others have to rationalise the number of bands and stations and with this
scenario a P3 would be of assistance.

SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted
it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode
nonetheless operated by many.

Advancing the P3 technology to encompass as many operational modes as
possible is a plus and should not be seen as a restriction right?

I have a request to send SSTV from our next effort and the computers are set
up for logging and it would be nice in the future to not have to take a
PC/Laptop for this.

But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making
arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and
see how it goes and have a look at after the event.

It will be fun to do it though so I am looking forward to trying it out.

All the input so far has been positive and some good ideas have come up
already. It's all good eh?

73's to all,

Gary

On 26 April 2011 22:29, Brian Alsop <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep?
>
> DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV.
>
> If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer.
> Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is.
>
> 73 DE Brian/K3KO
>
> On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote:
> > You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of
> > the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole
> > display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you
> > are listening to figure out the operator's pattern.
>
>
>
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