Hi Craig, The peak hold has an "infinite" hold time so it shows the biggest peak since it was first enabled. One of the items "on the list" is a "peak-sag" mode where the peak value will not hold indefinitely but will gradually sag down so that if strong signals go away, it will reset eventually.
Alan N1AL On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 17:30 -0700, Craig wrote: > Hi > > When I run the P3 for an extended period of time of 10 to 15 minutes, it > seems that the Peak hold blue/cyan trace resets or freezes. > > The peak hold trace goes flatline well above the highest signal peak after a > long run. Is this normal behavior ? The peak hold trace might have a buffer > that fills up that causes the trace to freeze or reset? > > I like leaving the peak hold trace running continuously since the Peak > correlates more closely to the S-meter's true reading. My P3 reads -80dbm for > a S9(-73dbm) signal input. > > I just got my P3 so might have missed something by not reading the manual > properly. > > > > 73 > Craig > VK3HE > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
