[Elecraft] P3

[eric norris]

The P3 is great for contesting and DXing, but I find it very useful for casual operating also.

You can instantly see when a band is open.  You can find the holes in all the man-made noise on 40 meters, and see how it is moving.  You can often identify the type of noise--there are online screen shots to compare the noise with.  I used this to identify an ultrasonic pest repeller that my neighbor uses that plagues me on 6m.  If you're on at odd times, you can find the one signal on at 3am.  You can see if other stations are splattering.  You can easily see meteor burns on WSJT meteor scatter, and even stronger signals off the moon.  

After 38 years of hamming, it only took a week for me to feel naked without it.  I am looking forward to the eventual added tx monitoring capability.

73

Eric WD6DBM

Sent from the metering jack on my Heathkit Twoer