[Elecraft] Behavior of P3 Display Upon K3 Memory Recall

[Mike K2MK]

Hi Gary,

I can't say that I have experienced your spotting situation but I would like
to describe a different way of getting a signal into the center of the P3
screen in Fixed-Tune mode. I have P3 function key FN4 set to toggle between
Fixed-Tune mode and Tracking mode. By pressing it I get the signal of
interest to the center of the screen in Tracking mode and pressing it again
returns me to Fixed-Tune mode except the signal stays in the center. The
double press can be done instantly.

Then I took that one step further. I'm generally on CW using WriteLog for
contests and as a general logging program. I'm always using the K3 Auto Spot
to zero in on a CW station of interest. I created a macro in WriteLog to
activate the K3 Auto Spot and to twice activate P3 function key FN4. It's
really cool.

73,
Mike K2MK




Gary Ferdinand wrote
> 
> I should like to suggest that a boundary-condition change be made to the
> P3
> display behavior.    The current behavior I view to be a firmware defect.
>  
> P3 mode settings are:   Fixed Tune mode.  Half Span.
>  
> Current behavior:  When recalling a frequency from a K3 memory and that
> frequency is off the current display of the P3, the P3 sets the cursor
> (and
> therefore frequency) at the left edge of the screen.  This obscures
> everything below the memory-recalled frequency.
>  
> Suggested behavior:  Since the P3 has no idea in which direction tuning
> will
> subsequently occur, the cursor/frequency should be placed in the exact
> middle of the P3 display.  In that manner the P3 is useful to both sides
> of
> the memory-recalled frequency.
>  
>  
> My current workaround is to doubly-hit the CENTER(HOLD) key on the P3. 
> That
> is doubly timing sensitive:  Did I hold it long enough to be recognized as
> a
> HOLD?  Did I time the second HOLD closely enough (and long enough) to
> cause
> the cursor to be centered?   This isn't good.   
>  
> Another workaround is for me to tune the VFO down in frequency some
> arbitrarily small amount and then back.   This puts an approximation of
> the
> proper frequency in the center due to the specified Half Span, but only an
> approximation, since "Half Span" is relative to wherever I tuned down to.
>  
>  
> I run net operations.  I wish to be on-frequency with a single button
> push.
> I do not wish to use the other mode of tracking, whereby the cursor stays
> in
> the center and the display moves behind it.  My brain does not think that
> way.  The displayed band segment (in my mind) should be constant, and it's
> the VFO that is varying, not vice-versa.
>  
> Tnx es 73,
>  
> Gary W2CS
> 


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