[Elecraft] P3 Questions

[Johnny Siu]

Hello Gary,

As usually mentioned here, it is on their to-do list but there is no time frame at all.  They are still running for the KX3 additions - bigger market, more money.

cheers,

Johnny VR2XMC
 

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主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] P3 Questions
  

Steve,

The only negative is the lack of Tx monitoring. Was promised, and the label
on the back of the P3 is beckoning but as nothing is ever mentioned about
this option one can only assume it is not going to happen.

Gary


On 21 June 2014 09:01, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> You will get a lot of replies Steve, they will likely all be positive, the
> P3 is a really great addition to any station.
>
> I bought mine as just a toy ... my wife does needlepoint which is about as
> expensive as ham radio, we have an "equal hobby allowance" policy, and the
> radio balance was climbing.  However it has totally changed the way I
> operate.  I watch it now instead of the radio.
>
> Not sure what you mean by "identify it," but I can see the signals and
> pick out the RTTY in a RTTY contest, CW, PSK, and JT65 just from the
> display.  PACTOR signals are also obvious although I'm not a PACTOR-ite.
>  It won't give you the call sign however. :-))  [You can also discover that
> the 5, 10, and 15 MHz WWV signals are somewhat dirtier than you would
> expect from NIST]
>
> Yes, you can put a marker [there are two] on a signal, punch the knob, and
> your K3 will QSY to that frequency.
>
> The display runs rings around the "bandscopes" on other radios.  I have no
> color vision and the color waterfall wasn't working real well for me, so
> Alan added a monochrome waterfall option in the next FW update, maybe just
> for me. :-)
>
> I have yet to find a use for all 8 of the programmable function keys.
> DX'ing is amazing!  I see the DX and I see the pileup up a bit [well, not
> everyone, Up-Cops show up on the DX frequency].  Pileup looks like
> wide-band noise.  DX calls someone, pile dies off, and one signal is there
> [well, OK, several answer so sometimes I guess wrong], move VFO B to put
> the TX cursor on that station and at the "TU", call.  Works about 75% of
> the time.  Also very useful when I'm NCS in the traffic net, I don't send
> stations "up or down 3" and put them on top of someone.
>
> I run in Fixed Tune mode [screen displays a segment of the band and my
> frequency moves across it until I hit the edge of the segment].  There is
> also a Tracking mode where you're always in the center and the band moves
> past you.  Span is adjustable from 4 KHz to 200 KHz and you can assign
> specific spans to the function keys.  With the P3 Utility you can save
> screen shots to your computer.
>
> I wouldn't be without mine.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
>
>
> On 6/20/2014 2:20 PM, Steve, K4FJ via Elecraft wrote:
>
>  I am interested in some suggested reading which covers the
>> capabilities and how those capabilities would help me in contesting
>> and dxing.  For example, can I see a signal blip, identify it, move
>> my K3 to it, etc.  Many more questions but I am sure someone has
>> already documented the advantages.
>>
>
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