[Elecraft] P3 Goodness and questions

[AE4PB at carolinaheli.com]

I recently obtained a P3 and I'm and exceedingly happy! Now that I own it I
feel bad that I wasted a few years trying other solutions that introduced
noise and undue complexity into my station. 

Just a few notes and questions because the manual is helpful but I don't
fully understand what I'm reading yet. 

 

1.	When using QSY the P3 unit often slides. How do most of you prevent
the unit from sliding?
2.	The signal/noise floor jumps a lot and I'm not sure if that's due to
local interference or something in my setup. Based on reading I likely need
to noise troubleshoot/filter my station. I don't see an AGC setting for the
P3. Any suggestions?
3.	What serial number requires the mod? My serial is 3251
4.	I need a serial port screw stud - can I buy that from Elecraft when
I purchase a cable + vga card?
5.	Is there a quick setup cheat-sheet anyone has for the P3?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

Jerry Moore

AE4PB