[Elecraft] Skimmer and the K3S

[Peter W2IRT]

From: Tony Estep [via Elecraft] [mailto:ml-node+s365791n7622243h14 at n2.nabble.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 12:27 AM
To: Peter W2IRT
Subject: Re: Skimmer and the K3S

 

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As many have posted here,  it's not hard to do. But even though it's easy 
enough to set up and use, I didn't find it to be an enhancement to my 
normal operation. 

[pjd] I have finally gotten it working but it’s NOT simple and is pretty limited given my hardware.

Is it the best option? Maybe not, but it’s one more tool in my shed. Because of the limitations of LP-PAN, however, I found it pretty well useless in ARRL-CW this year and I just stuck to straight RBN spots. But with that said, I’d prefer to have a full local skimmer running to cut down on “false positives”—stuff the big RBN guys can copy but I can’t. 


It's true that some find Skimmer advantageous. Bill, W4ZV is a super-op who 
has posted some favorable commentary about the use of Skimmer, and some 
clever ideas about how to get the most out of it.

[pjd] I look forward to reading these. 

If you have a two-receiver radio and a panadaptor, you can succeed in any pileup. 

[pjd] I think that fits into the YMMV category, Tony. If you can hear the guys the DX station is calling you can see who gets the 5NN and the pattern he’s working (if any) within a call or two. In a 20kHz CW pileup that can be huge—again, provided there’s prop to you and other callers as well as the DX. It helped me bag FT4JA on CW a couple of times and South Sandwich earlier this year.
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Lovin' my K3S (S/N 10023)
73, Peter W2IRT
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