[Elecraft] KRX3 - What am I missing?

[Don Wilhelm]

Bill,

You are not missing anything.  The KRX3 will allow you to listen to the 
DX in one ear and the pileup in the other ear.  If you would find that 
confusing to your brain, then the KRX3 will be useless for you. but if 
your brain can sort out the left ear, right ear situation, then it is a 
great operating asset.

In listening to the pileup, you are hunting for the station the DX is 
currently talking with, and the KRX3 makes that task much easier than 
using the REV button.  The P3 may add value in hunting for a clear space 
in the pileup, but there is nothing like having aural feedback to 
determine what is happening on your proposed transmit frequency.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/26/2013 7:27 PM, Bill Myers wrote:
> I'm trying to resolve a conflict: is the KRX3 sub receiver a "must have", or
> a "must have with good reasons" option?
>
> I understand it's uses.  In my case, I am mostly considering it as an added
> resource for working dx split pileups.  I have the P3, and have found it
> very useful in many ways, and especially for dx - so useful, that I question
> how much the KRX3 will add.  You more-experienced dxers maybe can help point
> out what I am missing.
>
> I usually can develop a reasonable "pile-up strategy" using the P3 - and
> that seems to work most of the time.  I must lack the dexterity to make the
> REV routine add anything.  Even with the sub-rx, I estimate that it would
> help in only a small percentage of the situations, particularly in those
> large (and ill-mannered) pile-ups where the P3 shows a solid wall of
> signals.  (Maybe the ears might catch a faint "599" that the P3 won't show?)
>
> Most of the dxers I talk to say the KRX3 is a must.  I'll probably get one
> anyway, but what am I missing here?
>