[Elecraft] Useful P3 feature

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> I don't want to save the REF LVL. I want to save its relationship to
> the noise level.

I agree.  Put another way, I'd like to see a reverse baseline "clamp" -
something along the line of holding REF LVL 5 dB below the average
noise level.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2015-03-06 7:56 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote:
> Here is something I would like to see on the P3.
>
> The P3 saves the REF LVL setting per band. But of course the noise level
> on a given band varies as conditions change, and I find myself often
> adjusting the REF LVL.
>
> The optimum setting is with the REF LVL just below the noise level.
> Setting it higher loses detail, and setting it lower fills the waterfall
> with noise.
>
> What I would like would be to adjust the REF LVL to optimum with respect
> to the noise level and then save this relationship. Then I would like to
> be able to push a function button to automatically adjust the REF LVL to
> re-establish the same relationship.
>
> This would make the readjustment, which I find myself making every few
> minutes sometimes, much quicker and easier.
>
> I don't want to save the REF LVL. I want to save its relationship to the
> noise level.