[Elecraft] P3 SPAN Instability
Dave Cole (NK7Z)
dave at nk7z.net
Sun Mar 10 14:57:47 EDT 2019
I have been thinking of that. When you did it, was your P3 revocered to
the same exact setup as when you saved the config file? Did you have to
resetup anything else?
73s and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
Award Manager, 30MDG Grid Awards
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ARRL OOC for Oregon
On 3/10/19 10:13 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
> 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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