[Elecraft] P3 0.050 Glitch?

[Alan Bloom]

According to IARU Region 1 recommendation R.1, the standard for S9 on
frequencies below 30 MHz is -73 dBm but it is -93 dBm for frequencies
above 144 MHz.  Unfortunately it doesn't say what to do about the 50 MHz
band, but Googling around on the Internet it appears that since 6 meters
is considered a "VHF" band, most people assume it should use the -93 dBm
figure.  So that's what I went with in the P3.

Alan N1AL


On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 21:38 -0800, K7WIA wrote:
> I just downloaded the new software for the P3 & the K3 and everything went
> well..
> 
> I set the P3 to display S meter readings (not DBM)  and I noticed something
> when I went to the 6 meter band.
> 
> I put a dummy load on the K3 and went through all the bands and set the REF
> LVL on the P3 so the base line is at S1 
> all went well till I got to the 6 meter band .
> the Ref Lvl on the P3 is set to 125 on all bands untill I get to 6 meters.
> now I have to set the Ref Lvl to 144 to get S1 to show at the bottom of the
> P3 and now the base line is at S5  and it should be down at S1 like all the
> other bands.  this is with a dummy load attached right at the antenna
> connector of the K3......just switching between 10 & 6 meters its like there
> is too much output to the P3 when going to 6...
> am I missing something?
> 
> Ed  K7WIA
>