Hi Gary, I can't say that I have experienced your spotting situation but I would like to describe a different way of getting a signal into the center of the P3 screen in Fixed-Tune mode. I have P3 function key FN4 set to toggle between Fixed-Tune mode and Tracking mode. By pressing it I get the signal of interest to the center of the screen in Tracking mode and pressing it again returns me to Fixed-Tune mode except the signal stays in the center. The double press can be done instantly.
Then I took that one step further. I'm generally on CW using WriteLog for contests and as a general logging program. I'm always using the K3 Auto Spot to zero in on a CW station of interest. I created a macro in WriteLog to activate the K3 Auto Spot and to twice activate P3 function key FN4. It's really cool. 73, Mike K2MK Gary Ferdinand wrote > > 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 > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Behavior-of-P3-Display-Upon-K3-Memory-Recall-tp7288400p7289606.html Sent from the Elecraft 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
