Jim Hoge-2 wrote > Can anything besides the P3 be used to point and click for QSY?
If you want to point and click to EXACT frequencies, I recommend CW Skimmer with LP-PAN. Skimmer is the only SDR program I'm aware of that calculates exact frequencies for its decoder dots. When properly set up (which takes some doing), you can dead zero beat decoder dots simply by clicking them. This was one of my gripes about the P3. It's difficult to position the cursor exactly and then press the knob without applying any torque which will slightly shift the frequency. Another useful feature of Skimmer in large pileups is its "599" function. You can watch the display for a magenta 599 to appear and then click to the exact frequency of the last station worked. I've worked stations in very large pileups without ever actually listening to the pileup itself. I do dial in a small XIT offset so that I'm not dead zero beat with others using the same technique. For determining the pattern that the DX is using to work the pileup, it's simply a matter of watching the 599s to appear to see whether the DX op is working up the band, down the band (and by how much) or random tuning. Here's a recent post about how to do this (note that a KRX3 is required) including a link to the Skimmer page which showing the 599 function in a very large pileup: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Now-that-the-K-Pod-is-shipping-we-could-use-your-help-with-useful-macros-td7619773.html#a7619780 73, Bill W4ZV -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/comparing-P3-LP-Pan-SDRPlay-others-tp7620757p7620815.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
