[Elecraft] P3 & marker B transmit freq.

[Sam Morgan]

just a thought....
how about creating a macro that does what you want...?

On 3/19/2014 9:31 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Understood that some only use it that way, that is not my norm
> though. I chase DX and If I engage the magenta operation with the P3,
> its to be transmitting on a DX's listening frequency and in all those
> cases I will be split.
>
> Since 1979 I've never listened on two bands simultaneously and if I
> want to see what's happening on different bands that is of my DX
> interest, I use the spot log in Logic 9, my logging software and it
> compares all current spots posted in North America (my default) to
> what is needed in my log and displays who, what, when, & where and
> one click on the spot log & I QSY there. For that matter, it can
> retain that spotting data for up to a month if I'm seeking a trend on
> an operators methods.
>
> So, for my style of operation to date, I 100% of the time would want
> the P3 to engage MKR B as a transmit frequency. For the prior 20
> years till I assembled the K3 in 08 I used a Corsair II & external
> VFO; I used it that way as well with the external VFO listening for
> the place to transmit. Now thanks to the P3 I can see the spots and
> don't need to hear them and the P3 is a great tool for DXing for me.
>
> What I do when I seek DX is so logical to me I can't help but think
> its common for others as well. SInce the P3 communicates with the K3,
> a firmware update of either the P3 or K3 to allow this choice of
> engaging split when you select MKR B would be a genuine asset, I
> expected it was a given.
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>> No, not intuitive.
>>
>> MKR B is the VFO B frequency. Often one wants to listen on the B
>> frequency. It may be on another band.
>> SPLIT is a special case, not the norm.
>>
>> ...bill nr4c
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
>>
>>
>> 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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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan