Hi Larry & all; I have not used Lp Pan so I cannot really make a comparison, but I have found that if the P3 ref level is set really low just at the noise level and if the span is set to narrow amounts that indeed very low level sigs can be seen. For example I hve been "seeing" the 20 meter beacon sigs that I can not read, but just barely hear. If I were scanning the ham bands, I don't think I would hear most of thse sigs...Of course, I was not noting on the P3 all the beacon sigs[this is at 14,000 Mhz]..My antenna is just a lowly screwdriver attached to my car port....I think my ears are fine, even after 61 yrs of ham radio...ok for weak sig detection...73 Steve, W6HPK
----- Original Message ----- From: Larry K1UO <k...@uninet.net> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:03:01 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP Pan versus P3 Panadapters Bill, I can tell you that just last night, on 160 meters, I copied 2 very weak stations perfectly Q5 that did not show on the P3 waterfall. Now, Its entirely possible its my adjustment skills but I dont think so. Yes..the K3 IF Mod was factory installed. This has happened more than once. For some reason I was expecting the P3 to show these very weak signals better than I could find them myself while tuning but no amount of adjustment so far will do this. I may be expecting too much? Just so you know what anothers experience has been so far. 73 I too would like to see details of the improvement over LPan etc. I am a long time user of SDR/computer panadapters for use in detecting very weak signals at UHF/VHF/microwave. I use a Softrock on the K3 IF port since I got my K3 a year ago. I have yet to see one report regarding weak sig detection with the P3 after many requests to the initial testers of the P3. ANYONE out there looking for weak weak sigs with a P3?? 73 Bill K0AWU EN37ed -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/LP-Pan-versus-P3-Panadapters-tp5528469p5530182.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
