P3 & 160M issue

[Gary Smith-2]

Hi,

I just bought a used P3 with SVGA card and am experiencing something
interesting on 160M: When on all other bands the P3 display presents
with an appropriate S meter reading on the left of the P3 monitor but
on 160 my S level in the K3 is S10+ but the P3 display does not
display higher than S9 so all I can see is the noise level, no
signals.

When going to all other bands the P3 acts as expected and the S meter
on the P3 shows: +35 on 80M, +50 on 60M, +35 on 40M, +60 on 30M, +35
on 20M, +40 on 17M, +45 on 15M, +35 on 17M, +20 on 10M and +35 on 6M
- All of these bands I see a waterfall display.

When the K3 is on 160M, all you see are the lower yellow tips of the
RF moving at the top of the VGA, no S readings are displayed on the
left side of the VGA monitor.

On the P3 monitor it is all blue, pink where the waterfall should be
and the highest reading displayed on the left is S9.

When I switch to 160M I can immediately see there are signals on 160
but the reading floats to the top in about 2-3 seconds.  

Is there a setting I haven't come across yet to address this?

73,

Gary
KA1J

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[Matt Zilmer-3]

You should adjust the REF LVL.  See the column of switches on the
right?

matt W6NIA

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:32:19 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just bought a used P3 with SVGA card and am experiencing something
>interesting on 160M: When on all other bands the P3 display presents
>with an appropriate S meter reading on the left of the P3 monitor but
>on 160 my S level in the K3 is S10+ but the P3 display does not
>display higher than S9 so all I can see is the noise level, no
>signals.
>
>When going to all other bands the P3 acts as expected and the S meter
>on the P3 shows: +35 on 80M, +50 on 60M, +35 on 40M, +60 on 30M, +35
>on 20M, +40 on 17M, +45 on 15M, +35 on 17M, +20 on 10M and +35 on 6M
>- All of these bands I see a waterfall display.
>
>When the K3 is on 160M, all you see are the lower yellow tips of the
>RF moving at the top of the VGA, no S readings are displayed on the
>left side of the VGA monitor.
>
>On the P3 monitor it is all blue, pink where the waterfall should be
>and the highest reading displayed on the left is S9.
>
>When I switch to 160M I can immediately see there are signals on 160
>but the reading floats to the top in about 2-3 seconds.  
>
>Is there a setting I haven't come across yet to address this?
>
>73,
>
>Gary
>KA1J
>
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[Gary Smith-2]

Thanks for all the replies. I'd tried the Ref LVL but didn't get that
point regarding the adjustment with the pot. Yes, it looks like it
had been set up for this earlier. I didn't realize about the two
inter-related functions with that switch. Now I am getting it to
work.

Still reading the manual but now I have it so I can make sense of it.

Thanks!

73,

Gary
KA1J

> I'm guessing the other bands have already been setup this way
> but 160m has not, try this below:
>
> tap the REF LVL button
> and turn the knob so the
> Ref Lvl (-dBm): numbers go down
>
> then when you have the grass (noise floor) at the bottom
> hold the REF LVL button
> and turn the knob until you have the 'scale' showing thetop signals at
> the level you want to see
>
> On 2/12/2014 9:32 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just bought a used P3 with SVGA card and am experiencing something
> > interesting on 160M: When on all other bands the P3 display presents
> > with an appropriate S meter reading on the left of the P3 monitor but
> > on 160 my S level in the K3 is S10+ but the P3 display does not
> > display higher than S9 so all I can see is the noise level, no
> > signals.
> >
> > When going to all other bands the P3 acts as expected and the S meter
> > on the P3 shows: +35 on 80M, +50 on 60M, +35 on 40M, +60 on 30M, +35
> > on 20M, +40 on 17M, +45 on 15M, +35 on 17M, +20 on 10M and +35 on 6M
> > - All of these bands I see a waterfall display.
> >
> > When the K3 is on 160M, all you see are the lower yellow tips of the
> > RF moving at the top of the VGA, no S readings are displayed on the
> > left side of the VGA monitor.
> >
> > On the P3 monitor it is all blue, pink where the waterfall should be
> > and the highest reading displayed on the left is S9.
> >
> > When I switch to 160M I can immediately see there are signals on 160
> > but the reading floats to the top in about 2-3 seconds.
> >
> > Is there a setting I haven't come across yet to address this?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Gary
> > KA1J
>
> --
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
>

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