[Elecraft] K3 filter display size

Mike nf4l at nf4l.com
Fri Jun 4 13:48:50 EDT 2010


Thanks, Don.
Yes the graphic can get quite narrow and move around when using the 
controls as you state, but that wasn't my question. ;-)

73, Mike

Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Mike,
>
> That truncated pyramid should change as you move the HI/LO CUT or 
> SHIFT/WIDTH knobs.  In other words, it should respond to changes in 
> the DSP filter controls.  Set the K3 to SSB and if the HI/LO 
> indicators are not illuminated, push one of the two buttons in - then 
> turn the HI CUT knob counterclockwise.  The segments to the right 
> should drop off as you rotate the knob.
>
> Then switch to the SHIFT/WIDTH display - rotate the shift knob and the 
> display should move left to right (no change in width), and rotate the 
> WIDTH knob to change the width - when you go counterclockwise, it 
> should go down to 50 Hz and the number of bars will be only two.
>
> Yes, there is a lot of granularity to that display, but it still give 
> a good idea of the filter placement within the audio spectrum
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Mike wrote:
>> The truncated pyramid icon that displays a filter's width only has 2 
>> sizes, a wide one (11 'segments') for my 2.8 and a narrower (7 
>> 'segments') for both the 400 and 250 filters. Is that the way it's 
>> supposed to be? The wording on the xfil display is getting too small 
>> for these eyes.
>>
>>   
>




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