[Elecraft] P3 Panadaptor

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Sent before done. More below.

On Saturday, April 2, 2016, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com> wrote:

> The waterfall is what shows vacant frequencies. It gives you the most
> recent history of frequencies. To start set the span so there's about four
> or five operating slots per inch.
>
> I make the amplitude display as squished as possible and the waterfall as
> big as possible. I also have the SVGA display up and
>
and have it set to make the waterfall advance as slow as possible to
maximize the amount of time shown by the waterfall.

Would not operate a contest at home without it. Huge, huge help in finding
a run frequency.

73 and good luck, Guy K2AV



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> On Saturday, April 2, 2016, <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>
>> I added the P3 panadaptor to my K3S line this year  I have used it twice -
>> in the CW WPX RTTY contest and in last weekend's WPX Phone contest. I have
>> not found any use for it (in contesting) other than to tell me that the
>> band
>> segment is fill of signals, which I already knew. I did not notice any
>> obviously quiet frequencies that would be good to CQ on, nor can I tell
>> when
>> a big pileup occurs on a new potential multiplier.  What is the secret to
>> using a P3 during major contests?
>>
>> John KK9A
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