[Elecraft] The P3 Effect

Fred Smith mfsj at mo-net.com
Sat Mar 9 10:32:08 EST 2013


It's still a major point of contention with some.

Fred/N0AZZ

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Scott Dunlavey
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 7:23 AM
To: turnbull at net1.ie
Cc: elecraft; gliderboy1955 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The P3 Effect

that is how I have been using the P3 as well... with great success I must say...
I wonder if they had the same conversation when the DX Cluster was first introduced... just wondering Scott w2ntv


On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote:

> Eric,
>     This seldom works for me as so many are constantly calling a DX 
> station
> that determining who is supposed to be there is difficult.   I have to 
> tune
> and listen with the K3 and sometimes this is not so easy when so many 
> stations call continuously.  I tend to use the P3 to find a relatively 
> free
> frequency to make my call from.   Maybe this is a problem in Europe 
> only but
> I doubt it.
>
>      The P3 remains a powerful tool which I would not like to be 
> without!
>
>                 73 Doug EI2CN
>
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> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of eric norris
> Sent: 09 March 2013 10:39
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] The P3 Effect
>
> Has anyone else noticed just how many people are now able to pounce on 
> the last frequency TX5K used?  Back in the day you swapped VFOs and 
> listened for the calling station.  After I got my P3 it seemed to be a 
> real advantage because you could instantly find the calling station 
> (if you could hear him).  Now so many people do this it seems to 
> almost be a requirement to have a P3 or panadapter of some sort.  Of 
> course, I could be wrong.
>
> 73 Eric WD6DBM
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