[Elecraft] P3TXMON Bug?

[Warren Merkel]

Alan,

Since "optional" would be the idea, and that the P3 must know (or could
know) what mode the K3 is in, why not make it selectable if not in CW
mode?  It sure seems like us folks that want it to swap in and out, are
comfortable waiting a few seconds for the waterfall to update. 
It seems half baked to me the way it is.  You already swap the
modulation waveform in and out, why not the rest? 

Otherwise, is there a way to fire macros from the K3  to the P3 when
going from TX to RX and back?  Or maybe fire them from within the P3
itself?  Then I guess we could do it ourselves.

Warren, KD4Z

On 8/12/2015 4:53 PM, Alan wrote:
> It actually does go back to split screen spectrum/waterfall in receive
> mode.  In transmit mode the spectrum display is replaced by the
> modulation waveform, but the waterfall remains on the screen.
>
> There are two reasons why the "meters" remain on the screen in receive
> mode.  One is that it would be pretty annoying when sending CW QSK for
> example to have the window jumping up and down every time you key. 
> The other is that it would require re-drawing the waterfall every time
> you go to transmit mode, which would lose all the waterfall data.  I
> think many people like to be able to look at the waterfall while
> transmitting to see where the signals were the last time they were
> receiving.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
> On 08/12/2015 11:06 AM, Warren Merkel wrote:
>> Alan,
>>
>> Has there been any interest in making the Power and SWR displays hide
>> when in RX mode and pop-in like the Modulation Envelope does during
>> TX?   I do a lot more RX than TX and would like to configure it to go
>> back to spit screen signal/waterfall mode when not TX'ing.
>>
>> Warren, KD4Z
>>
>>
>> On 8/11/2015 7:25 PM, Alan wrote:
>>> It will do that if the K3 is in transmit mode but with no power coming
>>> out.  The P3 auto-scales the modulation display amplitude, so if there
>>> is no signal it jacks the gain way up and you see quantized noise.
>>>
>>> The next version of P3 firmware will limit the maximum gain so you
>>> don't see so much noise in that situation.
>>>
>>> Alan N1AL
>>>
>>
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