[Elecraft] New K3S was No Subject

[Dave Cole]

Hi,
The P3 doest not duplicate any function FLDigi does, save a few modes
for Digital use.  I prefer a full sized computer screen for digital, so
using the P3 for digital never happens here...  

The real advantage of the P3/SVGA is the band-scope, or Panadaptor.  It
shows you most if not all of a band at once, and you can zoom in and
out looking for open spots to call your DX, or spot a pileup from
across the band, etc...  In a pileup, I can see the holes, and the
stations that the DX is talking to, so I know where he is listening
at...  

For me, the SVGA is a godsend, it allows me to send macros to the K3,
and to put the screen on a different monitor...  If you look here:
http://nk7z.net/station/
you will see photo of my Operating position.  Click that photo, and it
will expand, then look in the upper right hand portion of the area
where the monitor is.  You will see a second, smaller monitor, showing
the P3 displayed in a different view, and larger than the native P3
display...  That monitor is switchable and I can switch in a cluster
view, or a prop map view into it for day to day use...  The SVGA allows
me to add the P3 as well.  

I also fire off macros at the K3 using the keyboard input on the back
of the P3.  See:
http://nk7z.net/adding-an-external-keypad-to-the-k3/
for a full description on how to connect a remote keypad to your K3,
using the Keyboard function the SVGA provides...

I had occasion to use a friends K3, and he did not have the P3...  It
felt like I had been hobbled to not have it, I had lost the "feel" of
the band one gets when one can see most of it at one time...  

He commented that that seemed a bit over the top, then tried my setup
in a pileup--  he now has a P3 as well...  

So in short is it worth it?  For me-- absolutely!

-- 
73's, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)

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On Fri, 2016-04-08 at 16:29 +0000, Richard W Hemingway wrote:
> Hi,I am  rather new to this forum.  I have recently bought a K3S and
> am thinking of buying both the P3 and the P3VGA.  Presently, I am
> using Fldigi on my computer and mostly  operatewith PSK and sometimes
> some CW. If I buy these am I being redundant or does it make sense to
> buy them?  I am hoping that some of the members of this forum are
> using Fldigi and P3, and can answer the query. Thanks,
> Dick, N5XRD
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