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

[Bill Frantz]

I have noticed that my carefully setup span to cover the entire 
60M band wasn't quite right when I went back to that band. I 
always run in fixed-tune mode as I mostly use the waterfall for 
locating signals.

I change modes quite a bit as I am scanning the airwaves. I have 
noticed that the VFO cursors don't always track the change of 
bandwidth. Sometimes it seems that they aren't the same as the 
K3's frequency as putting over waterfall signals produces 
nothing in the headphones. I haven't tried to nail down exactly 
what is happening, but changing between Data A and AFSK A seem 
to cause the problem sometimes. Power cycling the P3 (but not 
the K3) cures the problem, at the cost of the glacial SVGA 
reinit time.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 3/15/14 at 10:16 AM, wham727 at aol.com (Bill Hammond) 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.
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