[Elecraft] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)

[Don Wines]

Bill,

I’ve had the same problem with my P3. I keep the spans on 50kHz on all bands and the problem seems to occur on the WARC bands with the odd limits (17m and 12m). It may have something to do with odd splits, i.e. 17 meters, 18.068 - 18.118 is 50kHz. In the last several weeks I have been chasing the W1AW/x stations on all modes and changing bands quite frequently. I can’t pin down exactly when it happens but it apparently happens when switching down from 10 or 15 meters. The WARC bands revert to the even 50kHz spans, i.e. on 17 meters the span changes to 18.050 to 18.100. The same thing happens on 12m. 

It’s really been a PIA in the last few weeks and it happens multiple times daily.

Don Wines
K5DW

On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Bill Hammond <wham727 at aol.com> wrote:

> As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band.  From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only.  I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue.  I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear.  
> 
> I have never complained before as the reset has been infrequent.  Now, with 10 open, I find this problem occurs daily, sometimes two or three times a day.  Not an earth shattering problem as the  P3 works fine and I change the setting back, just an irritant.  I'm wondering if it is just my station or have others experienced this, remedy anyone?
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> 73,
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> Bill Hammond
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