Thanks Mike! Your explanation is right on and makes clear and perfect sense. It should be in the manual. :)
Pete Meier pme...@me.com Amateur Radio Callsign: WK8S || If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. But if you really make them think, they'll hate you - Don Marquis || On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:23 AM, K2MK <k...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > You are correct, it is not the A or B marker. It is the actual VFO-A or VFO-B > frequency. The A and B markers are something you can turn on or off and they > move when you rotate the P3 SELECT knob. (Personally I don't even use them). > The green VFO-A and purple VFO-B frequency markers are always there and their > width indicates the DSP width of VFO-A and VFO-B. The reason the purple > marker may be off the screen is because the VFO-B frequency is above or below > the span width of the P3. > > The behavior of these frequency markers changes slightly depending on whether > you are in Tracking mode or Fixed Tune mode. (I personally prefer Fixed Tune > mode). > > When one of the frequency markers is off the screen, an arrow will appear > that points to the right or left to tell you where the marker can be found. > > There is also a similar red marker that will appear when you are in SPLIT > mode. This is your transmit frequency marker. > > 73, > Mike K2MK > > > Ok folks, > > I'll try this question again. On the P3 display there is a purple line that > move out or in when you set the SPAN width. This is NOT the VFO A or B marker! > I would like to understand what it signifies and if there is any control over > it's position other than the SPAN setting and why. > I find on some bands it up the scale, like on 20 meters CW, with Span set at > 40 > it's way up at 14.186.00 when I am at 14.010.00 > But when I switch to 30 meters CW Span at 40 also its at 10.115.45 while on > 40M > CW at 40 Span it's at 7.008.00 > So it confounds me what it signifies as it varies so much between bands at the > same settings. > > Please politely enlighten me. > > Thanks, > > Pete WK8S ______________________________________________________________ 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
