Because I am old and crotchety and prone to mistakes. Mea Culpa. Jim, W4ATK
On Nov 10, 2010, at 7:13 PM, The Smiths wrote: > The IF isn't limited by the filter in use at the time.... As you > know the P3 can span an area something like 200KHz wide... It > doesn't matter if you have your 500Hz or 200Hz filter on or not, the > IF is still looking at the entire 200KHz area. If you lock the P3 > than the display will display from 7.000 to 7.050 for example (50KHz). > From there, as you more the cursor and hit the QSY knob the little > cursor line could change colors indicating it is working on that > freq (and the rig has changed freq.) but the display doesn't have to > change, it stays the same. The only thing that has changed is the > color of the cursor, or just the fact that the rig is now parked at > the new cursor location. > > This would allow you to start at 7.000 and work your way up the IF > display till you got to 7.050 and never have to worry about whether > or not you've worked the guy that's to the left of your cursor. You > would KNOW for sure that you have, because you were already there, > and you're continuing moving the cursor up the band display. A great > feature for a contester or even someone working DX on a band like 17 > or 30 meters CW... > > Now, my next question is, Jim, Why did you just disagree with > offering this feature, when you didn't even understand how it worked > in the first place? > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:47:02 -0600 > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Lock P3 frequency range independent of K3 > > > > Just out of curiosity exactly how would you propose to do this. > The IF > > is limited by the filter in use and since the P3 operates off of the > > IF passband, i may be dense, but I cannot for the life of me see how > > this could be done... after thinking about it for a moment or two... > > Enlighten a old geezer.... please > > > > 73s Jim, W4ATK > > JIM ROGERS > > [email protected] > > http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 JIM ROGERS [email protected] http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk JIM ROGERS [email protected] http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk ______________________________________________________________ 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
