> I agree. An example of hair splitting centers around the use of
> panadapters and bandscopes.
With a really good peak storage spectrum analyzer set with the correct
bandwidth and the correct attenuator makes a pileup show up just about as
soon as it happens and stays there just like a marker. It's better than
anything.
Just don't try a DSP based analyzer because the wide spaced dynamic range is
too poor to work. Something high end from around the 90's is great, because
it is usually analog filtered near the front end.
If a good analyzer is used, it is somewhere between using the cluster and
running unassisted. I tried panadaptor radios and SDR radios, and they are
about like modern analyzers. Nearly useless while the main transmitter is
running. I don't think people can use them much more effectively than just
tuning.
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