[Elecraft] P3, what lies ahead?

[Amateur Radio Operator N5GE]

N4RC is correct.  Having thought about how I did it again I recalled was using
the K3 S-Meter, not the P3.

Sorry for the bum steer...

73,

Tom Childers
Radio Amateur N5GE
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:29:23 -0500, nr4c at widomaker.com  wrote:

>I have to ask, just how did you accomplish this with the P3?  Since  
>the P3 output comes off the radio before the "Roofing" filters are  
>inserted, the P3 should not show any result of filtering.
>
>Now, I managed to smooth out my filter gains by using Hamscope which  
>is an audio spectrum visualization tool.  This worked pretty well.
>
>Funny thing, my 200Hz fileter with a -86Hz offset is pretty well  
>centered about the centerline, but my 400 Hz 8-pole with 0 offset, is  
>way off center!  So are the 1.8 and 2.8 filters.  What gives....?
>
>
>...bc   nr4c
>
>
>
>Quoting Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <n5ge at n5ge.com>:
>
>>
>> I used mine the other day to calibrate my filters gains.  It was easy to get
>> them all matched up using the XG2 and the amplitude scale.
>>
>> Another use I plan for it is to adjust the preamp's in my xv432,  
>> xv144 and other
>> devices with preamp's using the N-GEN.
>>
>> It should function very well as a piece of test gear too.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Tom Childers
>> Radio Amateur N5GE
>> Licensed since 1976
>> QCWA Life Member 35102
>> ARRL Life Member
>> Retired Professional
>> C# Software developer
>> http://www.n5ge.net
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:42:07 -0800 (PST), juergen  
>> <plebian99 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bill
>>>
>>> The most logical next step would be transmit monitoring.
>>>
>>> I would like to see the facility for 2 directional couplers. One at  
>>> the output of the K3 and one at the output of the amp. It would  
>>> also be nice if you could have IN and OUT for these directional  
>>> couplers so that you could use it for  scope monitoring or for  
>>> inserting crystal notch filters inline for serious IMD monitoring  
>>> of your amp.
>>>
>>> How far the P3 evolves into test instrument or a toy accessory, is  
>>> really up to Elecraft. The P3 has sufficient performance to be a  
>>> test instrument rather than being just a toy bandscope. The review  
>>> in  QST alludes to this possibility.
>>>
>>> Telepost's new LP500  is where the P3 should be heading. However we  
>>> will just have to wait and see what comes out from the end of the  
>>> P3 engineering pipeline.
>>>
>>> My vote is for TX Monitoring and spectrum analyzer features. A  
>>> tracking generator  would be nice for homebrewers as well.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> John
>>> --- On Wed, 2/23/11, Bill <able2fly at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Bill <able2fly at aol.com>
>>>> Subject: [Elecraft] P3, what lies ahead?
>>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 2:13 PM
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone figured out the possible purpose of those unused
>>>> holes in the P3 backpanel?
>>>>
>>>> One of them labeled "sensor"  ???
>>>>
>>>> 73, K3UJ
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