[Elecraft] P3 & marker B transmit freq.

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> What I was expecting as an built-in option though would be beneficial
> for anyone who operates as I do.

That's not how it was designed to work.  Enabling split anytime Marker B
was tapped would be disruptive to most users.

In the vast majority of cases setting/tapping Marker B says "this is an
interesting signal - set VFO B so I can check it out using the KRX-3 or
by executing A/B."

You are asking for something that is "a bridge to far" and expecting
the K3/P3 to anticipate an abnormal action.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 3/19/2014 11:17 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
> 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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