[Elecraft] Soliticing Comments on the P3

[Arthur Burke]

My P3 is new enough that I'm learning more and more about it as well.

In chasing 7O6T I too have found my P3 valuable. A couple of days ago, 7O6T
was on 12 CW and the signal was waaaay down in the mud. The P3 didn't do
diddly to help me identify where "the pack" was spread out.

I came within a gnat's heinie of querying the group to see why the
sensitivity on 12 seemed to be so low. Then, later that evening (I did get
through to them on 12 CW by the way!), I was sitting there, staring at the
front of the P3. I remembered futzing with a number of the controls the
first few days I had it. My first change was probably to make the scale
read in "S-units" (it still needs to be calibrated, but it gives me the
warm fuzzies and besides, it's all relative).

Then I realized what I probably needed was REF LVL. Pressed the button for
that function and went into a strange mode - that mode is known as the
"...the heck with the directions, just push some buttons, twirl some knobs
and see what happens!" mode. The REF LVL was *exactly* what I was looking
for. I moved mine down so that S2 was pretty much on the bottom. S9 is off
the top of the screen at the moment, but I figure if they're S5 or S6
they're going to be reasonably loud anyway.

Can't believe I operated all these years without some kind of panadapter!

Art - N4PJ



On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:22 PM, W5RDW <rwhitetexas at verizon.net> wrote:

> I have had the P3 long enough to really appreciate it. With 7O6T on the air
> for a few days, its usefulness really shines for CW. At first, I was not
> use
> to combating so many signals at once calling a station! What a huge pileup!
>
> Somewhat by accident, I have found the "magic" button to greatly increase
> my
> chances in finding the station being called: the AVERAGE function. By
> adjusting the AVERAGE setting to 8 or so slows down the action enough to
> make spotting the station he is calling much easier to find. It took only 2
> calls on 20 meters earlier and 15 meters was maybe 5 minutes calling and
> hunting.
>
> The propagation today has been very good on 15 /17/20 meters and the signal
> density was impressive as seen on the P3! If you have never heard your call
> sent at speeds greater than 30 wpm, the 20 meter ops have been putting on a
> show the last few days.
>
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