[Elecraft] PX3 makes tuning in a PSK31 signal more accurately

Edouard Lafargue edouard at lafargue.name
Wed Jan 21 22:31:49 EST 2015


  My 2 cents on CWT tuning: I find it usually takes two times to get it to
decode reliably: first time gets close, then pressing CWT a second time a
second later gets it right. Works best if no other PSK signal is around,
otherwise it gets confused...

Ed

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 7:03 PM, David Orman <ormandj at corenode.com> wrote:

> The method you just described has been exactly my experience. Using the PX3
> I tune to the left peak, and it decodes well every time. Tuning to the
> center does not work. CWT has never worked well for me.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Gary - NC3Z <nc3z.gary at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well one of the things I have found that the PX3 helps with is being able
> > to more accurately and quickly to tune in a PSK31 signal verse using the
> > CWT Tuning Aid. I set the PX3 span to 2 or 3KHz and tune the VFO so that
> > the PX3's cursor's bold line is on one of the 2 PSK signal peaks. If you
> > put the bold line in the center of the signal then it does not decode. I
> > have also noticed that tuning to the left peak seems to decode better
> than
> > the right.
> >
> > BTW, I have started posting to this reflector as the KX3 Yahoo reflector
> > seems to have issues with messages being posted, I have noticed it takes
> a
> > long time to post and when it does I have noticed my messages have been
> > altered.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Gary Mitchelson
> > NC3Z Davidsonville, MD FM18
> > NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15
> > www.mitchelson.org
> >
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