[Elecraft] The P3 Effect

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

For better or for worse, most Hams have moved beyond the days of sitting
quietly in front of the receiver and tuning very slowly across a seemingly
"dead" band listening for the whisper of a signal. 

For me it was at once a frustrating and a magical experience far removed
from today's shacks filled with huge flat panels displaying the activity
across the band at a glance, the computer screens showing the latest
activity reported on the internet, and rigs that QSY anywhere in the
spectrum at the touch of a single button.  

As an old pilot, for me it's the difference between floating through the sky
in my J3 "Cub" with little more than an altimeter and a big windshield in
from of me and visiting a modern airliner cockpit filled with glass panel
displays and computers actually doing the flying while the pilot sips a cup
of coffee.

73 Ron AC7AC

 

-----Original Message-----

It's still as tough as it's always been, just like a hailstorm of callers
for which you need a good rx and even better ears to sort out.  As the
population of P3s and other panadapters expands, more random listening might
help, rather than ploughing a furrow.

David
G3UNA
T32C