[Elecraft] K3 - panadapter or subreceiver

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 7/2/2012 10:50 AM, Robert G. Strickland wrote:
 > Yes, I can have them both in my K3, but if I had
 > to choose, which one would seem preferable?

It would be a very tough choice.  The panadapter provides a "50,000
foot view" ... I can be chasing one pile-up or working JT-65 on 6
meters and see if something else pops up elsewhere in the band.  When
coupled with the DX Cluster that often alerts me when it something I
can work rather than chasing spots I can't hear.

On the other hand the second receiver allows me to listen in the
pile-up with much more detail than I get from the P3 ... or actually
listen to/check out that "blip"/spot before I leave the current
frequency and chase to the opposite end of the band or change modes.


73,

    ... Joe, W4TV