[Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?

Pierfrancesco Caci pf at tippete.net
Mon Aug 18 12:25:58 EDT 2014


On August 18, 2014 7:10:01 AM GMT+02:00, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> 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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Yes, I'd like it per mode.
Thanks,
Pf
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