I should like to suggest that a boundary-condition change be made to the P3 display behavior. The current behavior I view to be a firmware defect. P3 mode settings are: Fixed Tune mode. Half Span. Current behavior: When recalling a frequency from a K3 memory and that frequency is off the current display of the P3, the P3 sets the cursor (and therefore frequency) at the left edge of the screen. This obscures everything below the memory-recalled frequency. Suggested behavior: Since the P3 has no idea in which direction tuning will subsequently occur, the cursor/frequency should be placed in the exact middle of the P3 display. In that manner the P3 is useful to both sides of the memory-recalled frequency. My current workaround is to doubly-hit the CENTER(HOLD) key on the P3. That is doubly timing sensitive: Did I hold it long enough to be recognized as a HOLD? Did I time the second HOLD closely enough (and long enough) to cause the cursor to be centered? This isn't good. Another workaround is for me to tune the VFO down in frequency some arbitrarily small amount and then back. This puts an approximation of the proper frequency in the center due to the specified Half Span, but only an approximation, since "Half Span" is relative to wherever I tuned down to. I run net operations. I wish to be on-frequency with a single button push. I do not wish to use the other mode of tracking, whereby the cursor stays in the center and the display moves behind it. My brain does not think that way. The displayed band segment (in my mind) should be constant, and it's the VFO that is varying, not vice-versa. Tnx es 73, Gary W2CS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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