[Elecraft] P3 SPAN Instability

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I had a problem in which both SPAN and CENTER changed arbitrarily (it
seemed) on band changes. I finally saved the configuration using the P3
Utility, reset the P3 to factory parameters (power off, hold LABELS
while powering on, wait for 2 seconds, let go of LABELS), and finally
used the utility to restore the configuration.
The problem hasn't recurred -- it's been a few weeks and it was pretty
much a daily occurrence.
YMMV.


73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 10/03/2019 16:51, Gary J Ferdinand wrote:
> Various searches dredged up nothing helpful.  I recently developed a
> P3 problem.  The SPAN does not get saved.  Whenever I change bands to
> a band I had set it, say, to 50 kHz, the SPAN resets itself to 5 kHz.
> Sometimes I can even watch the display as it cranks down the
> bandwidth.
> 
> This is a P3 *without* SVGA, but *with* TXMon.  It has 1.60 firmware
> installed and reloaded without effect.  It is not directly connected
> to a PC. The transceiver to which it is connected is a K3S.
> 
> P3 SPAN settings:  SpanScale: REF LEVEL ONLY, SteppedSpan:  OFF
> 
> I appreciate any pointers to where I should look.  Thanks.
> 
> 73/Gary W2CS