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

[gary bartlett]

My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making
QSOs.  Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in
making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained
pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days.   I
think the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other
features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX
frequency.  I always wanted to be my own frequency cop.  Or to defeat those
who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up.

There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at
home with a limited station and always being the weak signal.  When on a
trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are
equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite
easily in the pile-up.

No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to
provide us a report after their experiment.  Maybe we will discover that
ears are the only answer.

73,
Gary, VE1RGB



-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop
Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)

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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