[Elecraft] Couple of questions on the P3

[Fred Jensen]

Phil:

1.  Are you in Tracking or Fixed Tune mode?  I run in Fixed Tune [end 
points of the display remain fixed and cursor moves as I tune], and 
there is no change as I tune.  My AVG setting is 6.  When I set Tracking 
mode, the spectrum display "bounces" just a little as I tune VFO A.

2.  I don't have the SVGA but markers in the WF is a subject that's come 
up before and I believe the behavior you see is correct.

3.  You are describing a book that I don't think KE7X has written yet 
but certainly should. :-)  I have found limited use for the A & B 
markers, and they're usually off.  When I'm NCS on our NTS Section net, 
I will set them for something like "down 3 and down 6."  Other than 
that, I really don't use them.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
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On 1/22/2015 4:07 PM, Phil Anderson wrote:
> Recently added a P3 to my K3 station.....nice....yet questions:
>
> 1. Wonder why the spectrum display gets noisy when I tune VFO A. A few
> have said that is expected and suggested that one make sure the screws
> on the K3 and P3 case are tight. I'm assuming that when one tunes VFO A,
> the FFT in the DSP gets lots of extra data and the display is noisy as a
> result. Once I stop tuning the VFO A the spectrum display goes back to
> averaging as expected.
> Hm?
>
> 2. I purchased the SVGA card and it came installed in the P3......have
> been successful is connecting my computer through the RS232 port on the
> P3 to run both the K3 and P3 utility programs. Also the big display and
> the P3's LCD are working for the most part. Ok there. Now, is it
> standard for the external large display to not allow markers in the
> waterfall area? When I use the P3 menu and turn waterfall markers on or
> off that works for the P3 LCD. However, there is not marker shown in the
> waterfall area of the big screen attached via the external display jack.
> Hm? I can live with that but is that right?
>
> 3.  Is anyone aware of an article on the web that goes into the "why" of
> how the cursors and makers were designed to do what they do? Perhaps
> things would be easier to follow then since there are a very large
> number of "tap this or hold that" combinations available. I realize that
> to tap or hold increases the number of actions that each switch/etc can
> do, thus cutting down on the knob count on the front panel.
>
> thanks, Phil, w0xi, KS
>
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