[Elecraft] KRX3 - What am I missing?

[Tighe Kuykendall]

I'm wondering how many people go straight to SO2R?  I have a P3 and have 
been thinking about adding a KRX3 but wonder if a better investment is a 
K3/10.

Tighe
NK4I

On 3/26/2013 7:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> 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?
>>
>
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