Alan, I too find it useful BUT I am happy to wait for a 'better' solution.
I understand 'in the future' there maybe be a hardware option to add this and perhaps 'other' features from previous emails so for now I wait and watch. I was never sure if the P3 would be a 'keeper' for me but it is here now and after playing with it I can't see how I got along without it in the beginning...:-) Sometimes Elecraft 'force' us to buy stuff..:-( Just too many good engineers with plenty of time on their hands eh? ROTFL 73's Gary On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:23 AM, N6JW <j...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > Hi Alan: > > I certainly understand your reasons for nervousness here. However, > I would like to express how much this "unofficial" feature has been > helpful to me in setting TX equalizers for three different mic settings > (macro driven) and two mics (front and rear). And I often return and > tinker with these settings for optimization. In my P3 the "feature" works > well, but right now it is clumsy to use, to say the least. > > Here is what I have to do: Open Config Menu: RS232 which will read > 38000. Attach a dummy load (or tune to an empty spot in the band). > Turn on Peak hold, then right away turn RS232 speed to 4800 (this is > equivalent to removing the cable), talk into the mic, and then tap > freeze to look at the cumulative audio spectrum! Set to a narrow span > (I use 4khz) one gets a lot of good detailed data this way, but is it > a bit of a fiddle! If you want to do it again, start over. > > Alan, I know there are interesting options coming down the line with > some additional hardware required (what else is the "sensor" opening > at the back for?) But in the meantime, the "unofficial" feature is very > useful indeed! > > Thanks so much for the fine panadapter. It has proven itself to be more > useful than I thought it would be. > > Regards & 73 > > John, N6JW > > > Alan Bloom-2 wrote: > > > > I'm a little nervous about making this an "official" feature, because > > the signal level is not well-controlled. It depends on stray leakage > > through a balanced mixer and "blow-by" past a couple of PIN diode > > switches. If the mixer in a particular K3 happens to be very well > > balanced or the PIN diodes have extra-low capacitance, there may not be > > enough signal level to adjust the equalizer properly. It also depends > > on frequency band and transmit power level. > > > > There may be a better way to do this. It's on my list of things to look > > at as soon as I get time. > > > > Alan N1AL > > > > On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:17 +1000, Gary Gregory wrote: > >> I would like to be able to 'switch' such a feature On/Off without any > >> external 'box' > >> > > >> > I found checking and adjusting the K3 output on the P3 a useful > >> function. > >> > Would it be difficult to make it a front panel function w/o the need > to > >> > reach in the back and remove the RS232 cable? > >> > > >> > Howard..K2HK > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-wish-list-tp5750264p5753545.html > Sent from the [K3] 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
