[P3] Assign "Center" to Fn key?

[Jim AB3CV]

I'd like to assign the "Center" function (Span hold) to a function key but
haven't figured out how to do this. The only menu entry for Center is for
disabling it under tracking mode (no idea why that would be useful...)

Any way to make this assignment?

Thanks

jim ab3cv
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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Jim,

I don't think any of the buttons that require you to then turn the knob are directly assignable to an Fn key. However, if you are in Fixed Tune mode and you desire to move your current VFO A frequency to the center of the screen it can be accomplished by assigning the FixTrack button to an Fn key and then pushing the button twice.

73,
Mike K2MK

Jim AB3CV wrote

I'd like to assign the "Center" function (Span hold) to a function key but
haven't figured out how to do this. The only menu entry for Center is for
disabling it under tracking mode (no idea why that would be useful...)

Any way to make this assignment?

Thanks
jim ab3cv

[Jim AB3CV]

Too bad that is the case. I use Fixed-Tune Mode exclusively as it preserves
the waterfall. I don't see much use for Tracking Mode as the waterfall
constantly gets blurred. The waterfall is very useful for quickly getting
to the next workable station in contests.

I also use Center a lot since I like to move the DX to the left of the
screen (usually) to use more span for the pileup when working DX.

I dislike double pumping the FixTrack key since I sometimes don't hit it
well enough the second time and it leaves me in the aforementioned Tracking
Mode. Yuck.

So having "Center" available as F1 TAP would be very useful for both
offsetting DX as well as achieving what a FixTrack double TAP does now
without the annoying stumble into Tracking Mode.

Does anyone use Tracking Mode? And what purpose does Disable Center in
Tracking Mode serve?

73

jim ab3cv




On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Mike K2MK <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> I don't think any of the buttons that require you to then turn the knob are
> directly assignable to an Fn key. However, if you are in Fixed Tune mode
> and
> you desire to move your current VFO A frequency to the center of the screen
> it can be accomplished by assigning the FixTrack button to an Fn key and
> then pushing the button twice.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK
>
>
>
> Jim AB3CV wrote
> > I'd like to assign the "Center" function (Span hold) to a function key
> but
> > haven't figured out how to do this. The only menu entry for Center is for
> > disabling it under tracking mode (no idea why that would be useful...)
> >
> > Any way to make this assignment?
> >
> > Thanks
> > jim ab3cv
>
>
>
>
>
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