See p24 of the P3 Owner's Manual. Section: Frequency Calibration. Yours might need a touch up.
73, matt W6NIA On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:21:24 -0400, you wrote: >I'm on 12M and I tune in a station and I see the peak'apex of that >signal on the graph on the P3 but it is slightly lower than where it >is the strongest on the K3. To hear the station loudest and keep the >P3 indicator in place I need to adjust the shift one step lower than >the FC asterisk is set at. > >For example; the peak of the signal and the freq shown on the P3 are >on 24.899.88 (the K3 reads 24.899.884) however, on the K3's CWT >setting it is two marks to the left of center and the signal is >audibly obviously low. If I turn the shift one click CCW I hear the >station clearly. If I hit spot and tune to get the signal at its best >the frequency of the K3 shifts to 24.899.958 and I hear the station >as the expected but the apex of the signal on the P3 has shifted >left. > >Another example: On the P3 , the apex of the stations signal is >28.019.90 the station is obviously low to my ears, the K3 reads >28.019.900 and the signal on the CWT reads2-3 marks low. I hit spot >and the signal is exactly now right but the P3 now reads 28.019.96 >and the K3 now reads 28.019.961 and the apex of the signal is >obviously to the left of the marker where the K3 is set. > >Is there a calibration I've missed that I need to perform to get the >K3 & P3 to be in sync? > >Thanks. > >Gary >KA1J > >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >protection is active. >http://www.avast.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 >Message delivered to [email protected] Matt Zilmer, W6NIA -- "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." -A. Lincoln ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
