[Elecraft] New P3 "meters"

[David Cole]

I use my K3 for MARS...  Why did you need a different rig?
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On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 20:27 -0500, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE wrote:
> The Yaesu FTdx1200 that I bought for MARS use allows viewing the S
> meter both ways.  I bought it for MARS so I could communicate on the
> entire MARS spectrum.
> 
> I still have both of my K3's, which I use for Amateur band operation
> and yes I still think they are better than anything I have ever used.
> 
> The new capabilities of the P3 sound promising.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:52:24 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Keep in mind that the digital meters (they can be designed to look like 
> >the curved analog meters) will show peaks much better than real analog 
> >meters.
> >Other than nostalgia about the old analog meters, I do not see any 
> >advantage over the bargraph type displays.
> >
> >73,
> >Don W3FPR
> >
> >On 4/20/2015 6:07 PM, Jeff Cathrow wrote:
> >>   Very excited about the new P3 features soon to debut; one of the things I miss the most in my K3 is a good old-fashioned analog S-meter.  Now it will be like my earlier radio/audio days with these bouncing needle analogue displays to watch!  I am sure this feature will be worth whatever small wait we might have to endure.
> >>   
> >> Just wondering, will these S/SWR meters display side-by-side (simultaneously) or will they be switched in/out as need be?
> >>   
> >> Will they resemble the beautiful Icom 7800 VU-type metering display, by any chance?
> >>   
> >>
> >
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