[Elecraft] P3 Question

[Amateur Radio Operator N5GE]

Me too Wes.  

That's why I wrote my own control program for the K3 along with a Telnet spider
spotting program, log book and rotor control, which also gets the DX call's data
from QRZ.  All of which are as accurate as they can possibly be.

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 14:52:49 -0800 (PST), Wes Stewart <n7ws at yahoo.com>  wrote:

>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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