Lee, come down to Park City and operate with me in a contest or chasing DX. I would NOT be without the P3 as I can find the weak signals in amongst the big gun contesters that I swear are running over the legal limit. With the K3's selectivity, I can even work someone with an S3 signal within a half KHz of K0PY when he's calling CQ and running the Alpha 9500 full bore. (He only lives a couple blocks from me). The P3 enables me to see that weak signal. Also, when a DX station is working split, I can see where the pileup is without having to hunt for it. It's pretty easy to find the last station the DX worked, put the VFO B cursor right on that frequency and unless propagation is really bad, it normally never takes more than a couple calls to bag 'em.
The P3 is one of those items that you can do without unless you've ever used one. After that the priorities change drastically. Jim - W0EB > > I am very interested in the P3 to add to my K3. But, I give pause > as to the > usefulness of this device. Although the cool factor is high...I > wonder if it > worth the dollars. Of course in ham radio...dollars are not rare, > never come > into consideration, and they grow on trees. > > Please, send your comments off list as I am trying to justify my > desire to have > one balanced with a logical spend thrift attitude. Sometimes, I > think to much! > > Operating is Contests (all modes) and DXing (all modes) > > Really, comments would be appreciated. > > Lee - K0WA > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. > If you don't > have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you > can't find any > Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. > Is Common > Sense divine? > > Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth > in my mind. > - John W. (Kansas) > > Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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