[Elecraft] The case for a Panadapter - opinions, please?

[Jim Brown]

On 2/28/2014 10:08 AM, Jim Lowman wrote:
> So, for those of you who have this option, could you describe how it 
> has assisted you?

Monitoring and finding stations on "dead" bands (like 6M), finding holes 
in a DX pileup where you might have better success, identifying RFI 
noise sources. Finding clear spots in a contest to call CQ.

> In another message, someone mentioned that weak stations outside of 
> the passband could be missed, which is a good point. 

That is NOT a problem with the P3 -- it gets its feed from the first IF 
and can be adjusted to look at any bandwidth from 2 kHz to 200 kHz. When 
you turn on averaging in the Fixed Tune mode set it for the highest 
number of averages, it's very easy to see weak signals in the waterfall.

73, Jim K9YC