[Elecraft] The P3 Effect

[Mark Stennett]

I prefer to operate CW with the receiver bandwidth very wide, AGC off and ride the RF gain manually. With the receiver set up like this I can hear many stations  spread out and pick them off up and down the passband without having to do much tuning. On Swains Island this technique worked quite well at NH8S.


73 de na6m


On Mar 9, 2013, at 6:52, <ai2n at twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> Perhaps this is why DXpeditions seem to play "spin the dial" more; having many stations converge on the last rx frequency probably tends to slow their rate.  I experienced this effect at PZ5RO.  It would be interesting to get feedback from DXpedition ops.
> 
> 73, Redd - AI2N
> 
> ---- eric norris <gliderboy1955 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>> 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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