[Elecraft] P3 annoying AGC issue and want list

[JAMES ROGERS]

AMEN!

Jim, W4ATK
On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:

> This is RIDICULOUS!!
>
> Do you guys read the manual?  Based on all of the whining posts the  
> last few days, it's apparent that there are a lot K3 and P3 owners  
> who've never bothered to open the freakin' book.  Agc, noise, this  
> that, good grief.  IT isn't just about the K3 -- it's about how to  
> use a RADIO!!
>
> I apologize for being a bit peevish in this post, but REALLY people.
>
> I have tapped my P3's knob a bezillion times and never had AGC  
> disabled.  You need to check the rest of your settings.  Or maybe  
> just RTFM, or figure out how to use the radio -- which most of us  
> have.  And it isn't rocket science.
>
> Everybody has a bitch, and blames it on somebody else!
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Dale Parfitt wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> P3/AGC Issue:
>>> I have an intermittent issue that occurs when jumping frequency  
>>> with the
>>> 'tap' on the freq select knob on the P3 - This happens fairly  
>>> often - it
>>> disables my AGC - resulting in a blast of audio in my cans - till  
>>> I get
>>> the AGC set again. I think I have the latest firmware download (I  
>>> got it
>>> last week) but can't check that right now
>>> P3 want list:
>>> I would like to fix the P3 display - so it doesn't travel with the  
>>> VFO
>>> tuning - I don't think that is possible now? It would be real nice  
>>> to see
>>> the band segment displayed - fixed on the display and tune around in
>>> it.... the waterfall wouldn't slide and I could tune to where I  
>>> wanted to
>>> be with the little bandwidth 'box'. Anybody else want that?
>>> Bruce W8RA
>>>
>> Hi Bruce,
>> That is one of the options on the IC-7700 screen and I find I much  
>> prefer
>> that display for just the reason you mentioned.
>> Dale W4OP
>>
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