Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft P3 - Fixed Tune Mode
On 4/15/19 6:37 PM, Ed gilliland wrote: I am unable to put the P3 in "Fixed Tune Mode", the display remains constant and the VFO A cursor moves across the display. I think that's the way it's supposed to work in fixed-tune mode. The display stays at the same frequency and the VFO moves across the display as it is tuned. By contrast, in tracking mode the VFO always stays at the center of the screen and the frequency of the display changes to track the VFO as it is tuned. Alan N1AL __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft P3 - Fixed Tune Mode
My guess would be that you don't have it connected to the K3 serial port correctly. If it isn't getting frequency information, it has to stay in scrolling mode. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 6:37 PM Ed gilliland wrote: > I am unable to put the P3 in "Fixed Tune Mode", the display remains > constant and the VFO A cursor moves across the display. > > I'm sure that I have something configured incorrectly but haven't been > able to discover the error. I have a RS232 cable from the P3 PC port > and a RS232 port on the PC and a cable from the P3 XCVR port to the RJ45 > connector on the K3s. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Ed W5TM > > __ > 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
[Elecraft] Elecraft P3 - Fixed Tune Mode
I am unable to put the P3 in "Fixed Tune Mode", the display remains constant and the VFO A cursor moves across the display. I'm sure that I have something configured incorrectly but haven't been able to discover the error. I have a RS232 cable from the P3 PC port and a RS232 port on the PC and a cable from the P3 XCVR port to the RJ45 connector on the K3s. Any help would be appreciated. Ed W5TM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3-Fixed-tune mode anomaly
It's set to Full Span. Much [like nearly all] of the time, it works exactly as it should ... tune upward past the right edge and the display shifts to the next span segment and the cursor is at the left edge ... and vice versa of course. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org On 2/7/2013 3:57 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: Hi Fred, I assume you have MENU:FixMode set to something other than "Static"? __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3-Fixed-tune mode anomaly
Hi Fred, I assume you have MENU:FixMode set to something other than "Static"? Alan On 2/7/2013 2:50 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: P3, no SVGA, FW 1.20 VFO A cursor goes off the edge and the display does not reset to the next segment. The "Cursor Is That Way" arrow appears. Tuning back into the displayed segment gets the cursor back. If, while cursor is off the display, I change bands and then come back, all is well. Example: SPAN=50KHz. VFO A=14.030.000, left edge is 14.000.000, right edge is 14.050.000 Tune up to 14.061.000 VFO A cursor goes off the right edge and arrow appears. Left and right edges of display are still 14.000.000 and 14.050.000 It is not repeatable. It is not band-dependent. It may be correlated with how fast I tune past the right edge the first time, but once it happens, the display range stays fixed and I can move the cursor off the screen at any tuning speed. I've never observed it off the left edge of the display. Not a crisis, just an "anomaly," a term used by NASA to denote anything from a one-time unexpected noise to the rocket landing pointy-end down outside of Phoenix. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ 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
[Elecraft] P3-Fixed-tune mode anomaly
P3, no SVGA, FW 1.20 VFO A cursor goes off the edge and the display does not reset to the next segment. The "Cursor Is That Way" arrow appears. Tuning back into the displayed segment gets the cursor back. If, while cursor is off the display, I change bands and then come back, all is well. Example: SPAN=50KHz. VFO A=14.030.000, left edge is 14.000.000, right edge is 14.050.000 Tune up to 14.061.000 VFO A cursor goes off the right edge and arrow appears. Left and right edges of display are still 14.000.000 and 14.050.000 It is not repeatable. It is not band-dependent. It may be correlated with how fast I tune past the right edge the first time, but once it happens, the display range stays fixed and I can move the cursor off the screen at any tuning speed. I've never observed it off the left edge of the display. Not a crisis, just an "anomaly," a term used by NASA to denote anything from a one-time unexpected noise to the rocket landing pointy-end down outside of Phoenix. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 - Fixed Tune Mode anomaly
Fred, It sounds like you have the menu selection "Fix Mode" set to Static. Select in the Menu and set it to "Half Span", "Full Span" or "Slide". Pick the one that works best for you. I use "Half Span" Rick K6LE > > k6dgw wrote >> I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode. Every now and then [usually more "then" >> than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and >> disappear as I continue to tune up or down. The "cursor-is-that-way" >> arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't >> change. >> >> Adjusting CENTER will fix it. It happens repeatedly [but not often], it >> is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent. >> >> Anybody else seen this? Fix? >> >> 73, >> >> Fred K6DGW > > > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 - Fixed Tune Mode anomaly
Hi Fred, I use Fixed-Tune mode exclusively and I have never experienced the runoff you described. As soon as about half the VFO-A cursor disappears the screen refreshes with the cursor on the opposite side. On a mildly related subject, I'm aware of two ways to center the VFO-A cursor in Fixed-Tune mode without using the P3 knob. The first way is to hold the Span/Center button two consecutive times (hold-hold). The other is to set up one of the four programmable buttons (FN1-FN4) to change tracking mode. The button label will read FixTrack. Press it once and it changes from Fixed-Tune mode to Tracking Mode and the VFO cursor jumps to center screen. Press it again and your back in Fixed-Tune mode. So it's a push-push operation to get the cursor to center screen and return to Fixed-Tune mode. You can also have a K3 button perform this operation as a macro. 73, Mike K2MK k6dgw wrote > I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode. Every now and then [usually more "then" > than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and > disappear as I continue to tune up or down. The "cursor-is-that-way" > arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't > change. > > Adjusting CENTER will fix it. It happens repeatedly [but not often], it > is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent. > > Anybody else seen this? Fix? > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Fixed-Tune-Mode-anomaly-tp7568332p7568353.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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] P3 - Fixed Tune Mode anomaly
I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode. Every now and then [usually more "then" than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and disappear as I continue to tune up or down. The "cursor-is-that-way" arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't change. Adjusting CENTER will fix it. It happens repeatedly [but not often], it is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent. Anybody else seen this? Fix? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 Fixed Tune Mode
Lu, Isn't tracking the VFO the way the P3 works when in "Tracking mode" ? Am I misunderstanding you? BTW, the split screen with inputs from both receivers is a great idea! Rick K6LE On 6/6/2011, at 7:07 , Lu Romero wrote: > > My preference of course would be if the "window" on the P3 > would track/scroll as you move the VFO, keeping the VFO > frequency centered, a la Icom. I realize that this would > "mess up" the waterfall... So dont allow it when using the > waterfall or a split spectrum/waterfall display! Just allow > it when the unit displays only the spectrum display. The > difficult thing would be to manage the fonts and the > graticule... I dont know if there is enough processing power > in the P3 MCU to deal with this. > __ 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] P3 Fixed Tune Mode
I think this is a very good idea. My preference of course would be if the "window" on the P3 would track/scroll as you move the VFO, keeping the VFO frequency centered, a la Icom. I realize that this would "mess up" the waterfall... So dont allow it when using the waterfall or a split spectrum/waterfall display! Just allow it when the unit displays only the spectrum display. The difficult thing would be to manage the fonts and the graticule... I dont know if there is enough processing power in the P3 MCU to deal with this. I would also like to add my vote for the ability to monitor my transmitted signal (without having to unplug the serial port) on the P3 display. But most of all, I would like to see a factory approved modification that would allow me to place the P3 on the IF output of my KRX3 so that I could monitor another band, say 10 meters, for signals while working a run on, for example, 20 meters. This output could be switchable from the K3 panel (Main RX/Sub RX). An even NEATER trick would be to split the screen to two displays, one the spectrum of the main, the other the spectrum of the sub. I would even accept a 50% screen refresh penalty for this feature, sort of like the spectrum display works on Orion. Knowing when the second band has signals on it without the cluster... *THAT* would really be a terrific thing to me! Lu Romero - W4LT K3 # 3192, (P3 wrapped up as a Fathers Day present from the family). -- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 12:47:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike K2MK Subject: [Elecraft] P3 Fixed Tune Mode To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: <1307303233287-6443027.p...@n2.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In my limited use of my P3 I have found that I prefer to use the Fixed Tune Mode. I also prefer to spin the VFO dial to a signal rather than using the markers and the push button. Maybe this will change later. But what I have noticed is that all too often, the signal of interest is at the extreme left or right screen edge. I would prefer if the screen changeover would occur 1 or 2 KHz before the VFO cursor reaches the screen edge. And I would like my VFO cursor to be 1 or 2 KHz away from the edge after the screen refreshes. Is this of interest to anyone else. 73, Mike K2MK __ 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] P3 Fixed Tune Mode
In my limited use of my P3 I have found that I prefer to use the Fixed Tune Mode. I also prefer to spin the VFO dial to a signal rather than using the markers and the push button. Maybe this will change later. But what I have noticed is that all too often, the signal of interest is at the extreme left or right screen edge. I would prefer if the screen changeover would occur 1 or 2 KHz before the VFO cursor reaches the screen edge. And I would like my VFO cursor to be 1 or 2 KHz away from the edge after the screen refreshes. Is this of interest to anyone else. 73, Mike K2MK -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Fixed-Tune-Mode-tp6443027p6443027.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
