Guess I don't understand what all the fuss is about. In "standard" mode, there are two cursors on my P3 - one green and one sort of purplish (I have a partial color blindness, but there is a distinct difference between the two cursors, even for me).
Even if you're not operating in SPLIT mode, when you tune the VFO B (the purplish marker) away from the frequency of VFO A, it stands out quite prominently on the P3 display. I operate mostly CW. When a split operation takes place, and I tune somewhere "into the piluep" I might typically have reduced the SPAN to 20 kHz so there's 10 kHz on each side of the DX operating frequency. As I tune the VFO B (most often it's actually the sub-receiver so I can also hear what's going on in the pileup), you can see an obvious "gap" between the two cursors. Personally, I enjoy cruising through the pileup, trying to find who the DX is currently working, trying to quickly discern a "pattern" (if any) of the DX operator. When someone in a cluster spot writes that he worked 'em, it is most often something like "QSX 14027.5" as opposed to "up 1.375." With the sub-receiver engaged, split engaged and the difference in color between the two cursors, I guess I fail to understand whey there would be a huge need for anything else - at least anything else relating to the P3/K3 functionality that already exists. I think any reasonable operator would only accidentally operate on the DX frequency once or twice before it became a habit to engage SPLIT and then "split" your xmit frequency. If a given op consistently makes the same mistake of NOT operating split, a bunch of ugly descriptives come to mind! Art - N4PJ On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:18 PM, k7hbg @dslextreme.com <k7...@dslextreme.com > wrote: > Good thought Stewart! > > I had been thinking of this new feature for a while now but you gave it > wings. > The frequency difference on the display between the cursor and the > marker(s) or, between the markers would be a most welcome addition > > Thanks and 73. Bob K7HBG > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
