[Elecraft] P3 & 160M issue

[Matt Zilmer]

You should adjust the REF LVL.  See the column of switches on the
right?

matt W6NIA

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:32:19 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just bought a used P3 with SVGA card and am experiencing something 
>interesting on 160M: When on all other bands the P3 display presents 
>with an appropriate S meter reading on the left of the P3 monitor but 
>on 160 my S level in the K3 is S10+ but the P3 display does not 
>display higher than S9 so all I can see is the noise level, no 
>signals.
>
>When going to all other bands the P3 acts as expected and the S meter 
>on the P3 shows: +35 on 80M, +50 on 60M, +35 on 40M, +60 on 30M, +35 
>on 20M, +40 on 17M, +45 on 15M, +35 on 17M, +20 on 10M and +35 on 6M 
>- All of these bands I see a waterfall display.
>
>When the K3 is on 160M, all you see are the lower yellow tips of the 
>RF moving at the top of the VGA, no S readings are displayed on the 
>left side of the VGA monitor. 
>
>On the P3 monitor it is all blue, pink where the waterfall should be 
>and the highest reading displayed on the left is S9.
>
>When I switch to 160M I can immediately see there are signals on 160 
>but the reading floats to the top in about 2-3 seconds.  
>
>Is there a setting I haven't come across yet to address this?
>
>73,
>
>Gary
>KA1J
>
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