K3 + P3

[John Lyon-4]

  Hi all,

Can someone please enlighten me about how MKR A
and MKR B work in the P3? My software in both
units is current.

I've just turned on the K3 and P3. VFO A is on
20m, and VFO B is on 40m. On page 6 of the manual,
it says that MKR A controls VFO A, and MKR B
controls VFO B. But I haven't turned MKR A on yet,
so the display shows the center freq display for
20m without a marker.

Now I tap the MKR A button, and the cyan marker
comes on. Fine so far, and MKR A allows me to QSY
by tuning and tapping the rotary knob.

Then I tap the A/B button on the K3. The rig
shifts to 40m display, and the marker remains
cyan. What I expected was, since MKR B controls
VFO B, there would be no marker because I haven't
activated MKR B. And I didn't expect to see MKR A
at all because this is VFO B.

Sometimes when I have changed bands, and moved the
marker to QSY, it takes two taps of the rotary
knob before the frequency is changed, other times
only once. And sometimes the marker frequency
changes to the new band freq and sometimes not.

What I'm saying is I am continually surprised at
how the markers work, but I can't figure out the
pattern. To me, any function should be consistent
and repeatable, so I'm missing something very
basic. When I asked support how the markers are
supposed to work, all they said was read the
manual. That's what got me in trouble in the first
place.

So enlighten me, ye Marker Gods who have figured
this out. I can't figger the logic.

73,

John W9LHG




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[Alan Bloom-2]

The rule is that when you turn a marker on it is at the same frequency
as the last time it was on, unless that would put it off-screen.  In
that case the marker comes on at the center frequency.

The same thing happens when you change bands.  The marker will appear at
the center frequency.

There was an issue with band information from the K3 not always making
it to the P3 under certain conditions.  That was fixed in K3 firmware a
few revisions back.

If you hit the A/B key on the K3, then the old VFO B frequency is now
the VFO A frequency, which is where the P3 display will be centered.
The marker will stay at the same frequency it was before, which means it
probably moved on the screen, assuming VFO B had been on a different
frequency from VFO A.

There was another issue in K3 firmware with sending updated A/B info to
the P3.  It is fixed in the latest field-test firmware which should be
released for beta soon.

Alan N1AL



On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 12:08 -0500, John Lyon wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can someone please enlighten me about how MKR A
> and MKR B work in the P3? My software in both
> units is current.
>
> I've just turned on the K3 and P3. VFO A is on
> 20m, and VFO B is on 40m. On page 6 of the manual,
> it says that MKR A controls VFO A, and MKR B
> controls VFO B. But I haven't turned MKR A on yet,
> so the display shows the center freq display for
> 20m without a marker.
>
> Now I tap the MKR A button, and the cyan marker
> comes on. Fine so far, and MKR A allows me to QSY
> by tuning and tapping the rotary knob.
>
> Then I tap the A/B button on the K3. The rig
> shifts to 40m display, and the marker remains
> cyan. What I expected was, since MKR B controls
> VFO B, there would be no marker because I haven't
> activated MKR B. And I didn't expect to see MKR A
> at all because this is VFO B.
>
> Sometimes when I have changed bands, and moved the
> marker to QSY, it takes two taps of the rotary
> knob before the frequency is changed, other times
> only once. And sometimes the marker frequency
> changes to the new band freq and sometimes not.
>
> What I'm saying is I am continually surprised at
> how the markers work, but I can't figure out the
> pattern. To me, any function should be consistent
> and repeatable, so I'm missing something very
> basic. When I asked support how the markers are
> supposed to work, all they said was read the
> manual. That's what got me in trouble in the first
> place.
>
> So enlighten me, ye Marker Gods who have figured
> this out. I can't figger the logic.
>
> 73,
>
> John W9LHG
>
>
>
>
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