[Elecraft] P3 Unexpected Control Operation ...

[Don Wilhelm]

Doc,

I am not certain why one would believe a control labeled "WIDTH" would 
not increase the width as you moved it clockwise.  OTOH, if it were 
labeled "SELECTIVITY", I would expect it to narrow the passband as it is 
rotated clockwise.

While mine is one ham's interpretation.  I did not have the problem 
because I always thought of it as WIDTH.  The graphic above the knob helps.

73,
Don W3FPR

D. R. Evans wrote:
> Joe Subich, W4TV said the following at 08/09/2010 08:57 AM :
>   
>
> As a new K3 owner, this gave me trouble for the first few days because the
> behaviour I expected was indeed that selectivity would be increased as I
> turned the control clockwise.
>
> Although I have adjusted my head, it still seems wrong (to me).
>
> Perhaps the reason for my expectation is different, though: I think of
> decreasing bandwidth as if it were tightening a screw or making an aperture
> smaller. Logically it seems like either of those operations would be
> accomplished by a clockwise motion. Maybe it's just me.
>
>   73 -- Doc  N7DR
>
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