Re: [Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

2016-11-19 Thread Fred Jensen
I am always amazed at how different we are as individuals. I have several CW friends who think half-span is better than canned beer. For me, I just get really confused by it. I'm an Iambic-A ham, others swear that B is the only way. Actually, I never got Iambicized and I now use a single

Re: [Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

2016-11-19 Thread Matt Zilmer
Setting full span or half span works best for most. Fred nailed this one. 73, matt W6NIA On 11/19/2016 3:38 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I'm not quite certain what Tim means by "tunes off-screen," but taken literally, it's not how mine works. My parameters on 80 CW currently are: FIXED-TUNE

Re: [Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

2016-11-19 Thread Fred Jensen
I'm not quite certain what Tim means by "tunes off-screen," but taken literally, it's not how mine works. My parameters on 80 CW currently are: FIXED-TUNE on FIXED MODE AUTO ADJUST=Full Span SPAN=20 KHz When I tune VFO A up in frequency, its cursor moves to the right and when it gets to the

Re: [Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

2016-11-19 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tim, That is what Fixed Mode is all about - the center frequency stays put and the cursor follows the VFO. If you have the SPAN set to a value more narrow than your QSY excursion, the cursor will go off-screen. If you instead go to tracking mode, the cursor stays fixed in the center and

[Elecraft] P3 cursor tunes off screen

2016-11-19 Thread Tim Gennett
I have the FixMode menu function in my P3 set to Full. Yet, when in fixed tune mode, the cursor tunes off screen and the center frequency does not update. Is there another setting that affects this function? Tim K9WX __ Elecraft