[Elecraft] P3 Span settings

[Dave Cole]

Hello Tim and Gary,

I have done extensive testing in trying to get a macro to perform this
exact behavior...  

I do not believe "currently" there is a way to make this happen via
macro commands.  

If you perform the needed steps by hand, with lots of space between
commands, it works, if you then place the exact same commands in a
macro it fails.

I tested by placing each command below in its own macro key using the
P3 Macro tester software included with the P3 utility.  Here is an
example:

I have a DX station at 14.010, and I want to move 14.010 to the left
edge of the P3, showing the upper 5 KHz ra


Macro 1:
#SPN000100; 	
Sets span to plus and minus 10 KHz.

Macro 2:
UP7;		
Moves K3 up 5 KHz.

Macro 3:	
#FXT1;		
Places the P3 in sticky mode, (Fixed Tune), locking the transmit
frequency to the center of the P3 screen.

Macro 4:
DN7;		
Moves the K3 down 5, dragging the transmit freq down with it, and
putting the transmit freq on the left edge of the P3, exposing the
upper 10 KHz of the signals on the P3.

If I then fire them one at a time, everything works as expected, the
transmit frequency is on the lower left edge for an up split.

If I place them in a single macro, it fails, every time...


73's, and thanks,
Dave

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On Wed, 2016-02-17 at 12:30 -0600, Grant Youngman wrote:
> You could --
> 
> Tune up 1/2 of your span width (in your example up 2.5 kHz). Press
> "CENTER" on the P3. That would put your desired DX signal at the left
> edge of the display and the mayhem out to the right. 
> 
> I'm unaware of any way to do this directly in the current firmware. 
> 
> Grant NQ5T
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2016, at 12:04 PM, a45wg <a45wg at sy-edm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Fellow Hams,
> >        Having spent the last 2 days playing with the P3 (very
> > impressed) - and eventually figuring out how to get the Function
> > keys to do something (Not well explained in the Manual IMHO), I’ve
> > got some Macro’s working - So next job - in the P3 Display is there
> > any way only to get the P3 Read The “Positive side” of the Span.
> > 
> > Say we have a DX transmitting on 28.030 Mhz …. If I set a Span of
> > 2.5 Khz - I see in the P3 28.0275 to 28.0325 - a SPAN of 5Khz, +/-
> > 2.5 Khz …. I get that. Very useful for looking for DX in a wideband
> > mode.
> > 
> > Is there anyway I can only limit the span to be 28.030 - 28.0325
> > i.e. just the positive side of the span.
> > 
> > Despite some rather strange DX expedition splits recently (not
> > mentioning a CW split of +7.5 Khz) I do not think  any DX
> > expeditions are using negative splits (Please, please do not start)
> > 
> > Any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated. I am sure I can
> > do this in a Software I/Q SDR process - but I am really only trying
> > to do this from the P3.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> >   Tim
> >      A45WG
> > 
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