[Elecraft] P3 Question

[Wes Stewart]

Although I resisted using them mightily, it's the 21st Century and this 53 years as a ham occasionally uses Internet spots, mostly to see where the propagation is.  Don't try posting one as +/- 10 KHz.

--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:

> From: Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n5ge at n5ge.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Question
> To: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
> Cc: "Wes Stewart" <n7ws at yahoo.com>, "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 3:43 PM
> Joe,
> 
> One thing that I'm puzzled about is why it is that most of
> the posters are
> complaining about absolute frequency display and logging,
> when the requirements
> for DXCC awards and contest awards are awarded by band, not
> frequency.  In LOTW
> even the time only has to be within 30 minutes to be
> verified.
> 
> It's wonderful to be able to see exactly what frequency you
> are on and I for one
> love it, but some of the best radios I've ever owned had to
> be calibrated every
> 25Kc to be accurate and even then resolution of 1 cycle or
> ten cycles was
> unheard of unless you were in an intercept station on some
> island.
> 
> I wonder how we ever found each other to talk to back
> then?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Tom Childers
> Radio Amateur N5GE
> Licensed since 1976
> QCWA Life Member 35102
> ARRL Life Member
> Retired Professional
> C# Software developer
> http://www.n5ge.net
> 
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:56:02 -0500, "Joe Subich, W4TV"
> <lists at subich.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >The K3 (along with Kenwood and recent Yaesu rigs)
> report the current
> >VFO frequency and RIT in the IF command.  It also
> reports each VFO
> >(FA, FB), RIT (RO) and XIT (XO) on demand.  A well
> written logging
> >program will be able to log the correct frequency with
> that data.
> >
> >Relying on "display" data would require the logging
> software to play
> >games to read the display during both transmit and
> receive.  In some
> >cases - with some transceivers - polling during
> transmit can result
> >in problems.  It is better to report the "pieces"
> on demand and allow
> >the logging software to use them as needed.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >    ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> 
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