[Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

[Matt Zilmer]

Setting full span or half span works best for most.  Fred nailed this one.

73,

matt W6NIA


On 11/19/2016 3:38 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I'm not quite certain what Tim means by "tunes off-screen," but taken 
> literally, it's not how mine works.  My parameters on 80 CW currently 
> are:
>
> FIXED-TUNE on
> FIXED MODE AUTO ADJUST=Full Span
> SPAN=20 KHz
>
> When I tune VFO A up in frequency, its cursor moves to the right and 
> when it gets to the right edge, the display moves up 20 KHz and the 
> cursor appears at the left edge.
>
> When I tune VFO B up, its cursor moves to the right and when it gets 
> to the right edge, it disappears and the triangle appears pointing to 
> the right.
>
> I think Tim is saying that he tunes VFO A up, the cursor goes 
> off-screen on the right, and the display span does not update.  Is 
> there any chance your Auto-Adjust has gotten set to static?  In 
> static, mine behaves as I think you describe.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Sparks NV DM09dn
>
> - Northern California Contest Club
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> On 11/19/2016 2:02 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> Tim,
>>
>> That is what Fixed Mode is all about - the center frequency stays put
>> and the cursor follows the VFO.  If you have the SPAN set to a value
>> more narrow than your QSY excursion, the cursor will go off-screen.
>>
>> If you instead go to tracking mode, the cursor stays fixed in the center
>> and the "background area" moves and the frequency at the center will
>> track your VFO frequency.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 11/19/2016 4:53 PM, Tim Gennett wrote:
>>> I have the FixMode menu function in my P3 set to Full.  Yet, when in
>>> fixed
>>> tune mode, the cursor tunes off screen and the center frequency does 
>>> not
>>> update.
>>>
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