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

[Gary Gregory]

Joe,

I am certainly NOT going anywhere on the top 200 list. Where we are going is
a unique place in VK and most likely the transmissions will be on NON DX
bands to a station in VK to get the pics posted.

I don't think too many people will even notice mate.

Gary

On 26 April 2011 23:35, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
> > 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.
>
> SSTV is not recognized as a separate mode in the DXCC program - or as
> far as I know in any major DX award program.  It "counts" as phone for
> DXCC.  Why would any significant DXpedition waste time on a "slow rate"
> mode?
>
> > 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.
>
> Will it be "popular?"  I would expect it to be *extremely unpopular*
> - particularly if the location of the DXpedition is to any place on
> the "top 200" needed list.  Spending as much as 3 minutes per QSO
> on SSTV when good operators can make ten times as many QSOs in the
> same period on SSB/CW/RTTY makes any SSTV operation extremely unwise.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
> On 4/26/2011 8:49 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> > 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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