[Elecraft] P3 & marker B transmit freq.

[Gary Smith]

Hello Dick, 

That could be done but I would have to manually turn the sub Rx on to 
do this, if I am to hear both. Hearing is not mandatory but it is an 
asset. And more, it is somewhat disconcerting to use P3 marker A to 
affect the K3's VFO "B" receiver and, P3 marker B with the K3s VFO 
"A" receiver. It just seems intuitive that the P3 MKR A should be 
identified with the K3 VFO A and it's unnecessary mental juggling to 
do it backwards.

I know when I use my spot log in my logging program to select a 
desired station and frequency, it automatically selects the Sub Rx 
"B" in the K3 to go split and be ready to transmit properly assuming 
that data was included in the comments section.

It seems intuitive for the MKR B to not only move VFO "B" but to also 
put it in split. Since it does not, it seems to me its not doing its 
job yet. If that's the case, perhaps that's work for a future update 
or there's a setting in the K3 that has to be engaged that hasn't 
been done yet and that I haven't yet found.

The mistakes I've been experiencing in the pileups have been because 
after selecting the magenta B to be on the desired place in the 
pileup to transmit so the DX hears me, I then forget to also go to 
the K3 and hold down the split button. I'm used to such changes being 
done automatically by my logging program. To me, it's the only reason 
to QSY VFO B when you need a split operation. 

Gary
KA1J

> Can you move the marker A green up and put the magenta b freq on 
the dx station?  I've not used the P3 for this, but I normally use 
the 2nd Rx to listen to the DX station and move VFO A around in the 
pileup. I make fewer mistakes than when I try split.
> 
> Dick, K6KR
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mar 18, 2014, at 23:30, "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Reading the P3 screen I see a station transmitting. I use Marker A 
> > (Green) to pin me on that desired station as soon as I tap the knob 
> > to QSY me to a desired signal.
> > 
> > I listen to the station and they say UP so I know to hold in the MKR 
> > button to activate B ((Magenta) I see where the last transmission is 
> > and I place the Magenta marker at that location and tap: The Sub Rx 
> > goes to that frequency where the DX was last listening but sub is not 
> > engaged, it just sits on that frequency and does nothing with it.
> > 
> > Problem is that if I don't then reach over and manually hold the 
> > split button on the K3 itself to have the K3 transmit on the DX 
> > listening frequency, I'll still keep transmitting on the DX transmit 
> > frequency because the K3 will not have gone split; its as if the 
> > procedure is halted half way and it shouldn't function this way, its 
> > not intuitive.
> > 
> > If I'm going to the effort to engage Marker B to QSY its because I 
> > want to transmit on the Marker B frequency. What do I have to the do 
> > differently to force the K3 go split to transmit on the B freq when I 
> > tap on MKR B? 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Gary
> > KA1J
> > 
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