I find the P3 knob smallish and unnatural to tune. I find the P3 knob tap not to my liking. My hands are busy enough during a contest, that I don't like to move one to the P3.
Here's what I do. Tune the B marker using VFO B knob. Select the frequency by tapping K3 A/B. Fine tune with VFO A knob. Ski Exuberantly, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Bob Fuller <b...@fullermail.org> wrote: > I’m new on the reflector as of today. I searched for this and didn’t see > anything that addresses my thought and I hope I’m not repeating something > that has already been covered somewhere. If so, please let me know. > > To me it would be useful if the following capability were available to me: > > When I move a marker with the P3 knob and then tap it to tune the K3 > frequency to my selection, I almost never hit the exact carrier frequency > in SSB. I then have to move my hand over to the K3 VFO for fine tuning. > It’s not a big deal but over and over in a contest this might become time > consuming. > > If, after tapping the select knob on the P3 it would be useful to me if, > for a few seconds, the knob were to become a direct K3 fine frequency tune > control. I wouldn’t have to switch back and forth between the P3 & K3 all > the time. If the knob isn’t turned for a short time, say 5-seconds, it > would revert to its normal operation of moving the marker only. > > Others’ thoughts on this would be welcome. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
