[Elecraft] [P3] Can I?

Bill Frantz frantz at pwpconsult.com
Mon Nov 23 15:50:56 EST 2015


On the P3, span is the number of units (Hz) on the X axis and 
scale is the number of units (dBm) on the Y axis.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/23/15 at 5:46 AM, nf4l at comcast.net (Mike Reublin NF4L) wrote:

>To me, span and scale are different. Span is the number of 
>units between two points, scale is the physical size those end 
>points cover.
>
>Consider a map of the U.S. The span is 4000 miles. It's printed 
>on a piece of paper the size of a postage stamp. You don't see 
>much detail. Now consider that the same map is printed on a 
>piece of paper 8.5 by 11. The span is still 4000 miles but the 
>scale has changed dramatically, and now you can see some detail.
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