Peter W2IRT wrote > My previous setup for a DXpedition pileup was to put the pileup on VFO-A, > the DX on SUB (locked), and see all the callers on Skimmer's interface. > Find > the guy sending 5NN TU and pounce. The only problem was that everything > from > about 4 to 6 kHz above the DX frequency gets obscured by the > birdies/mirror > images on the skimmer display. And since most big DXpeditions split up, I > would lose a ton of callers in that murky no-man's land. The skimmer > turned > out to be no help at all on some of the massive DXpeditions earlier this > spring as a result. The exception was Heard Island, who were split down, > rather than up. That worked like a champ on a few bands where the pileup > was > insane.
I don't know about the K3S but I've been doing this with the K3 for many years. I even wrote a macro for fast setup which I published 5 years ago: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Pileup-Buster-Macro-td6579405.html It sounds to me like there could be a problem with the K3S's I-Q output causing your birdies. FWIW I never had any birdie issues using my K3, LP-PAN and Audiophile 2496 soundcard. I still prefer Skimmer's panadapter because clicking the last "599" decoder dot will QSY your TX to the exact frequency (within 10 Hz) once the system is calibrated...no need position a cursor any closer than the decoder dot. 73 & GL! Bill W4ZV -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Skimmer-and-the-K3S-tp7622100p7622171.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
