[Elecraft] P3 & marker B transmit freq.

[Gary Smith]

Sam,

No, I've never made a macro, no idea how I'd approach that to 
accomplish this. If it would work I'd be willing to try. What I was 
expecting as an built-in option though would be beneficial for anyone 
who operates as I do.

Gary
KA1J

> 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
> 




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