[Elecraft] P3 - Fixed Tune Mode anomaly

[Mike K2MK]

Hi Fred,

I use Fixed-Tune mode exclusively and I have never experienced the runoff
you described. As soon as about half the VFO-A cursor disappears the screen
refreshes with the cursor on the opposite side.

On a mildly related subject, I'm aware of two ways to center the VFO-A
cursor in Fixed-Tune mode without using the P3 knob. The first way is to
hold the Span/Center button two consecutive times (hold-hold). The other is
to set up one of the four programmable buttons (FN1-FN4) to change tracking
mode. The button label will read FixTrack. Press it once and it changes from
Fixed-Tune mode to Tracking Mode and the VFO cursor jumps to center screen.
Press it again and your back in Fixed-Tune mode. So it's a push-push
operation to get the cursor to center screen and return to Fixed-Tune mode.
You can also have a K3 button perform this operation as a macro.

73,
Mike K2MK


k6dgw wrote
> I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode.  Every now and then [usually more "then" 
> than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and 
> disappear as I continue to tune up or down.  The "cursor-is-that-way" 
> arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't 
> change.
> 
> Adjusting CENTER will fix it.  It happens repeatedly [but not often], it 
> is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent.
> 
> Anybody else seen this?  Fix?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW





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