[Elecraft] P3 SPAN Instability
Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
k2vco.vic at gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 13:13:42 EDT 2019
I've never had any trouble with REF LEVEL, but it can't hurt to try the
save / reset / restore routine and see if it helps.
73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 10/03/2019 18:14, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote:
> I am seeing something similar to this as well... Not in SPAN, but in
> REF LVL. I set REF LVL while on 30 Meters, and leave the band.
> Ssometimes when I return to 30, I need to touch the REF LVL level to
> get it to return...
>
> By touch, I mean I select REF LVL, then just turn the knob ever so
> slightly. The P3 then reverts to where it should be...
>
> P3 with SVGA, and power monitor. Only on 30 meters... Any
> suggestions?
>
> 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net Award Manager, 30MDG
> Grid Awards ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL
> OOC for Oregon
>
> On 3/10/19 8:06 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
>> 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
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