[Elecraft] P3-Fixed-tune mode anomaly

[Alan Bloom]

Hi Fred,

I assume you have MENU:FixMode set to something other than "Static"?

Alan


On 2/7/2013 2:50 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> P3, no SVGA, FW 1.20
>
> VFO A cursor goes off the edge and the display does not reset to the
> next segment.  The "Cursor Is That Way" arrow appears.  Tuning back into
> the displayed segment gets the cursor back.
>
> If, while cursor is off the display, I change bands and then come back,
> all is well.
>
> Example:
>
> SPAN=50KHz.  VFO A=14.030.000, left edge is 14.000.000, right edge is
> 14.050.000
>
> Tune up to 14.061.000  VFO A cursor goes off the right edge and arrow
> appears.  Left and right edges of display are still 14.000.000 and
> 14.050.000
>
> It is not repeatable.  It is not band-dependent.  It may be correlated
> with how fast I tune past the right edge the first time, but once it
> happens, the display range stays fixed and I can move the cursor off the
> screen at any tuning speed.  I've never observed it off the left edge of
> the display.
>
> Not a crisis, just an "anomaly," a term used by NASA to denote anything
> from a one-time unexpected noise to the rocket landing pointy-end down
> outside of Phoenix.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
> - www.cqp.org
>
>
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