[Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

[Kenneth Moorman]

I use it this way too, and agree it is very helpful.   I wish there were a
way to either expand or contract the frequency range displayed sort of like
Rocky does to be able to get the "big picture" first and then home in in  a
more detailed search.

73,  Ken, NU4I

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete
Smith N4ZR
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 10:07 AM
To: elecraft List
Subject: [Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it decodes
the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you can click
on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that frequency.  I'm using
it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the Softrock-IF mode.

One rub, though, is that the pileups are so wide that it often is not
possible to go split, listen on VFO A, and transmit on the second VFO,. 
because Skimmer tracks VFOA and the action is too far above K1N's frequency
to display on my monitor.  My K3 has the separate subRX, happily, so I can
invert things - listen to K1N on VFO B, while tuning up the band on VFO A
looking for the last successful caller. Works amazingly well.

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73, Pete N4ZR
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