[Elecraft] Couple of questions on the P3

[Alan]

In tracking mode, the averaging is reset every time the VFO A is moved.  
Otherwise the spectrum would "smear" as you tune the VFO. So when 
averaging is on, the noise increases momentarily whenever you tune.  It 
doesn't happen in fixed-tune mode, only in tracking mode.

Waterfall markers will be in a firmware beta release shortly.

Alan N1AL



On 01/22/2015 04:07 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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