[Elecraft] P3/PX3 SPAN Settings

[Joel Black]

I'd prefer it per mode. My presets are:

10 kHz - CW
20 kHz - CW/data
50 kHz - Phone
100 kHz - Phone

I usually operate CW. Switching to phone means I have to mash (that's 
what we do to buttons in the South ;) ) a button to get a good span.

Joel - W4JBB

On 8/18/14, 12:10 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> We're considering per-mode as well, but at the moment we're experimenting with per-band. Input welcome.
>
> Wayne
>
> On Aug 17, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Matt VK2RQ <matt.vk2rq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Would it make more sense for it to be per-mode rather than per-band? For example, I can imagine on CW you might want to zoom in more than on SSB. Maybe some P3 owners can comment?
>>
>> 73, Matt VK2RQ
>>
>>> On 18 Aug 2014, at 3:01 pm, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> We just added per-band SPAN settings to the PX3 (and will later add it to the P3). We're also adding a menu setting to quantize the SPAN selections to 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 kHz. This behavior would be user-selectable; the default would be continuously variable, as it is at present.
>>>
>>> For a lot of P3/PX3 users, the combination of these two changes will result in less manipulation of the SPAN control, and will save some Fn switches for other uses.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun,8/17/2014 7:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>>>> I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good.
>>>> I have five of the function keys programmed for different span settings. The other three are Peak Toggle, Fixed Mode Toggle, and Noise Blanker Toggle.
>>>>
>>>> I use 2 kHz for looking at the quality of CW signals, 10 kHz for most CW pileups, 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz for contesting and general operating. I did have 20 kHz programmed, but gave that up for the NB toggle.
>>>>
>>>> Before each contest, I'll run through all the bands and set up the span and centering. 50/60 kHz is pretty good for Sprints and state QSO parties, 100 kHz is good for most CW contests, 200 kHz is not wide enough for some SSB contests.
>>>>
>>>> For 6M, I set a 200 kHz span from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see CW, SSB, and JT65.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>>
>>>
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