[Elecraft] New P3 "meters"

Guy Olinger K2AV k2av.guy at gmail.com
Tue Apr 21 09:13:20 EDT 2015


This is due to the 8.4 MHz first IF and the narrow roofing filters, which
makes possible so many of the K3's excellent close frequency performance
attributes.

The 8.4 drops in between the 4" and 30
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, W4GRJ <w4grj at satterfield.org> wrote:

> Cannot transmit from around 7.5mhz to 8.7Mhz
> I use a FT857 for this.
> Jack
> W4GRJ/AFA4DG
>
> On Apr 21, 2015, at 12:22 AM, David Cole <dave at nk7z.net <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> 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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