[Elecraft] P3 question

[Sam Morgan]

I have mine set to half span
that way I don't loose everything I'm seeing I just get another 1/2 
screen worth of the spans width added in the direction I am tuning.
I generally run either 10kc or 200kc spans.

On 11/24/2013 4:07 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> It's set to Full-Span, and every time I tune off the edge, I get the
> next full span, up or down.  When this anomaly occurs, it is usually [as
> in almost always] a 5KHz shift.  If the left edge was at 1.040, it will
> become 14.045 and the right edge will become 14.065  I've never seen it
> actually do it, I just notice that it has occurred.  It's no big deal,
> I'm just curious what is going on.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 11/24/2013 1:15 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
>> check the P3 setting under
>> MENU/Fix Mode
>> Fix-tune auto-adjust mode
>> select which you want: Half Span / Slide / Static
>>
>> On 11/24/2013 2:31 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>> I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode [span edges stay fixed, cursor moves as I
>>> tune].  Every now and then, the span edges will jump in frequency.  For
>>> example, with span=20KHz and edges=21.020/21.040, at some point the
>>> edges will be 21.025/21.045  I've never caught it in the act and I can't
>>> make it happen, it just does it when I'm not watching.  Anyone know
>>> what's going on?
>>>
>>> For the record, Elecraft cables: KUSB [laptop]-->P3-->K3.

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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan