[Elecraft] Useful P3 feature

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

Well, what I was thinking was that you could activate the option and 
adjust the REF LVL with the knob to whatever offset from the noise level 
that you wanted, and then save that 'offset'.

On 6 Mar 2015 17:16, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>> 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.


-- 
73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/