[Elecraft] P3 and K3 VFOB

John Merrill johnn1jm at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 16:16:58 EST 2011


On my P3 I can get it to do it at 10, 25 and 50 kHz spans. It will also do
it with other combinations of VFOs on different bands at 10, 25, and 50
spans.

John N1JM

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Jim Sheldon <w0eb at cox.net> wrote:

> The magenta bar actually tracks the KHz digits of VFO B but apparently
> only in the instance where the difference frequency between VFO A and VFO B
> is 7 MHz.  No matter what either VFO is set to, if you set the other one
> 7.0 MHz either above or below that frequency, and the P3's SPAN to EXACTLY
> 25 KHz, the phenomenon occurs.  If SPAN is set to anything other than an
> exact 25 KHz (+/- 12.5) the bar disappears.
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> Jim - W0EB
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> > Jim:
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> > Glad I am not alone :-). Maybe this is normal or a bug. Hopefully
> > Elecraft might chime in on this or I will email support.
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> > 73, John N1JM
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Jim Sheldon <w0eb at cox.net> wrote:
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> >> John is correct.  I can duplicate the symptoms here as well and
> >> there is no bright center line, only the magenta bar which does
> >> move when you move VFO B.  As soon as you configure menu item VFO
> >> IND to NO, the line disappears and, of course the two VFO's stay
> >> on the same band.
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> >> Jim - W0EB
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> >> Rick:
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> >> It's not marker B. I can turn marker B on and off. If someone
> >> wants
> >> to check
> >> it, tune VFO A to 7.160 and B to 14.155 with span set to 25khz.
> >> The
> >> magenta
> >> bar or u shows up to the left of green A. It moves as you tune VFO
> >> B. There
> >> is no carrier line, however on B as there is for A.
> >>
> >> John N1JM
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