Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Ken
Thanks to all who replied, the various suggestions have been helpful and the display is better although still not like my other rig. 73, Ken WA8JXM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: ht

Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Fred Jensen
The P3 has a monochrome WF display mode [in the menu] which will usually show weaker signals than the color display. I don't know if it works with the SVGA, don't have one. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016 - www.cqp.org On 12/4/2015 12:

Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Cady, Fred
behalf of Tom Sent: Friday, December 4, 2015 1:43 PM To: Ken; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall Hi, That's very typical. The P3 or LPPAN for that matter will not always show real weak signals. The waterfall as opposed to the

Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Have you tried adjusting the REF Level? This is a per band base level for the display that directly impacts the minimum signal level displayed. There also is a SVGA Menu item called 'Bias' that adjusts the sensitivity on the SVGA waterfall to compensate for different monitors etc. 73, Eric /

Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Tom
er 04, 2015 12:55 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall I have a new P3 here connected to a K3. I can hear signals that do not show at all on the waterfall, and barely on the upper part of the screen. And signals that show on the P3 di

Re: [Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Jim Brown
On Fri,12/4/2015 9:55 AM, Ken wrote: I've gone over the Elecraft documentation and Fred Cady's booklet on the P3 and I do not see any sensitivity adjustment for the display. There is the level calibrate but if I move that to extremes, it throws off the K3 and P3 showing the same signal streng

[Elecraft] P3 question - few signals show on the waterfall

2015-12-04 Thread Ken
I have a new P3 here connected to a K3. I can hear signals that do not show at all on the waterfall, and barely on the upper part of the screen. And signals that show on the P3 display do not show on the attached VGA display. I've gone over the Elecraft documentation and Fred Cady's booklet