Well ... the P3 is self-contained. I bought mine as a toy ... Andrea had been spending a lot on her hobby [needlepoint, about as expensive as ham radio], and my radio-account balance was making it into 4-digits. We have an equal-hobby allowance policy. What I found was that it is way more than a toy. 3 examples, there are more:
1. Go split, put VFO A on DX, see pileup, put VFO B somewhere on pile, pile disappears, DX replies to someone .... now, watch pile area. If you're even slightly lucky, exactly one signal will appear. Put VFO B on him, at the DX's "TU", call. It's almost too easy. So far, it has changed DXing for me, but of course with my DXCC totals, practically all of them are new ones. :-) 2. CQ rate in a contest falls unacceptably low, decide to S&P, just watch the screen for signals and pick them off rather than tune down the band ever so slowly, much of which will be dead at any given time as you pass it. 3. Looking for a CQ frequency? They easily show up on the screen. Put marker on it, tap SELECT, and you're there. I suppose a bigger monitor has it's value, I don't have room for one. But to write-off the entire P3 over the VGA output seems a little harsh. It has added a lot of value I didn't expect to my operating. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 12/18/2011 12:03 PM, Gary VK4FD wrote: > I agree. Sharing a screen with say N1MM for example would work for > me. Having it just swallow the screen is of no interest to me either > and the P3 will remain OFF my shopping list. ______________________________________________________________ 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
