[Elecraft] Behavior of P3 Display Upon K3 Memory Recall

[Gary Ferdinand]

Hi Mike,

Toggling between fixed tune and tracking mode is certainly faster and more
predictable than anything I've found as a work around.  Thanks for the
suggestion.  I'll give it a try.  

Since I'm not always contesting, I'd like to find a way to make the P3
cursor be well behaved without using a macro from a connected computer.  If
I could assign a macro to a P3 FN key, that would be a great general
solution.

Thanks for the toggle suggestion, Mike; it's a good one.

73/Gary W2CS


>
>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.
>>
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