[Elecraft] P3 for Alan: VFO A Cursor color in FixTrack Mode - for Alan

[Alan Bloom]

Hi guys,

It wouldn't be hard to add an option to change the color of the VFO A 
cursor.  But I want to make sure I understand the problem.

By the way, I also have typical male red-green color blindness but I 
have no trouble distinguishing the VFO A and VFO B cursors.  There are 
several types of red-green color blindness, so perhaps that's the 
difference.

The VFO A cursor is green, the spectrum trace is yellow and the 
background color is dark blue.  If the yellow trace and green cursor are 
too similar I would think the problem is not being able to see the trace 
in the cursor area, rather than not being able to see the cursor 
(against the dark-blue background).  So I'm confused about that one.

Anyway, is the solution to make the VFO A cursor bright white?  I think 
it would look nicer to make it gray, but then it might look too similar 
to the yellow trace for those who are totally color-blind.

Alan N1AL


On 01/04/2015 01:39 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote:
> I have a similar, but different, problem. I see more colors than Fred, 
> but I am red/green colorblind and my problem is telling the difference 
> between the VFO A and VFO B cursors. So Fred's solution would work for 
> me too.
>
> On 4 Jan 2015 03:12, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> ALAN:  Thank you for the monochrome WF option.
>>
>> I don't want to get too greedy, and I may be the only Elecraft customer
>> with this problem, but during a contest [like RTTY RU on now], my wife
>> tells me the VFO A cursor is green.  The spectrum in which it is
>> embedded is yellow.  They look similar to me, not exactly, but the
>> cursor doesn't stand out.  I generally go for signals in the WF using
>> the cursor, which works just fine unless the band is totally full of
>> signals.  Then, I can't find the cursor in the spectrum display.
>>
>> If there's any chance for an option for a bright white VFO A cursor on
>> the To-Do list, I'd appreciate it.  If not, I'll adapt.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
>> - www.cqp.org
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