Bill,
You are not missing anything. The KRX3 will allow you to listen to the
DX in one ear and the pileup in the other ear. If you would find that
confusing to your brain, then the KRX3 will be useless for you. but if
your brain can sort out the left ear, right ear situation, then it is a
great operating asset.
In listening to the pileup, you are hunting for the station the DX is
currently talking with, and the KRX3 makes that task much easier than
using the REV button. The P3 may add value in hunting for a clear space
in the pileup, but there is nothing like having aural feedback to
determine what is happening on your proposed transmit frequency.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/26/2013 7:27 PM, Bill Myers wrote:
I'm trying to resolve a conflict: is the KRX3 sub receiver a "must have", or
a "must have with good reasons" option?
I understand it's uses. In my case, I am mostly considering it as an added
resource for working dx split pileups. I have the P3, and have found it
very useful in many ways, and especially for dx - so useful, that I question
how much the KRX3 will add. You more-experienced dxers maybe can help point
out what I am missing.
I usually can develop a reasonable "pile-up strategy" using the P3 - and
that seems to work most of the time. I must lack the dexterity to make the
REV routine add anything. Even with the sub-rx, I estimate that it would
help in only a small percentage of the situations, particularly in those
large (and ill-mannered) pile-ups where the P3 shows a solid wall of
signals. (Maybe the ears might catch a faint "599" that the P3 won't show?)
Most of the dxers I talk to say the KRX3 is a must. I'll probably get one
anyway, but what am I missing here?
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