[Elecraft] P3 Problem

[Stephen Prior]

I get that too, but usually just for 2 or 3 seconds and sometimes not at
all.  I have never got my head around it, but I think it got worse after
fitting the SVGA board.  That leads me to another 'feature', in that the
SVGA screen will occasionally do a complete refresh of the waterfall,
without me touching anything else such as the VFO.  It's as if a buffer
which is much bigger than the screen data is being flushed, leaving no
history in the waterfall at all.

I can't imagine myself being without the P3 now, however!

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 4 December 2013 02:20, Larry Burke <wi5a at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I am using a P3 with the SVGA option. It is connected to a K3. I find that
> frequently after transmitting -- particularly calling a DX station in a
> split-frequency pileup -- the P3 display comes back sluggish or almost
> frozen for up to 20 seconds or so. Then it returns to providing real-time
> information. It's almost like the P3 is suffering from data overload,
> finally processes it, and gets back to normal.
>
>
>
> This is particularly annoying as one cannot spot where the DX is listening
> in said pileup because the screen is essentially frozen and does not
> display
> stations real-time until it "unfreezes". This happens regardless of mode
> (CW, SSB or RTTY). In RTTY this "freeze time" also locks up the USB
> keyboard.
>
>
> The problem does not appear to be RFI related, as I get it regardless of
> the
> power output level.
>
>
>
> Any idea what's going on?
>
>
>
>
>
> Larry K5RK
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>