> Why can't you turn on the VFO B cursor in the P3 menu and use the K3 VFO B > knob to position the VFO B cursor to the signal of interest.
Don - Ah. That's not the same thing. The P3 knob is much quicker tuning and seems to have a "jump to the next signal" feature. It's much quicker to position the P3 cursor to the correct edge of a signal and then push the knob in than it is to tune the K3 A or B VFO. Bob W3DK > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don > Wilhelm > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 4:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPad and P3 > > Why can't you turn on the VFO B cursor in the P3 menu and use the K3 VFO B > knob to position the VFO B cursor to the signal of interest. > Once there a tap of the A/B button will swap VFOs and you will be tuned to that > signal that used to be pointed at by VFO B - but it is now the VFO A frequency. > > If you have the subRX, you can even listen to the VFO B frequency on the sub to > fine tune it if necessary before tapping the A/B button. > > No extra features needed. If using the KPod, one of its buttons can be > programmed to do the A/B button tap, so you don't have to move your hand > away from the KPod. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/12/2016 4:15 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: > > Myself! Having the ability to click to tune to a signal on the P3 > > without messing with the P3 front panel knob would be an EXCELLENT aid > > for both DXing (especially if you could do it with VFO B) and S&P > > contesting. > > > > 73... > > Randy, W8FN > > > > On 5/12/2016 2:36 PM, Bob Novas wrote: > >> I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the > >> P3. The K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob > >> to tune to a signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S > >> receiver to that frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately > >> hit as SSB signal, if I turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an > >> SSB signal and simply assume that the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But > >> the P3 knob is small and that makes this hard to do. I think it > >> would be great if you could do this with the KPad knob, and one of > >> the KPad buttons. > >> > >> > >> But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the > >> KPad wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this > >> reflector was a great place to post feature requests. Do any others > >> want to chime in and > >> request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
