P3 function buttons

[Dave Fugleberg]

At Dayton this year, one of the gentlemen at the Elecraft booth (I believe
his name was David) took the time to walk me through the P3 and all its
functions. That really opened my eyes to what it could do. I ordered the
basic P3 kit (without the options) the next day. I've had it connected to
my K3 for a couple weeks now, and am really enjoying it. The integration is
superb.

Now, my question. I've configured a few of the FN buttons on the P3 to
quickly set the Span to different widths, which is cool.  I'm wondering
what other uses people have found for the FN buttons?  Do you have a
favorite function that makes sense to assign to one of these buttons?

I'll probably think of more uses when I eventually add the SVGA and TXMon
options, but for now, I'm not sure what other function assignments would be
useful.  I still feel like I'm scratching the surface of how I can
configure my K3 after 2 years, so I'm sure I have a lot to learn about the
P3 as well.

73 de W0ZF
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[k6dgw]

Well Dave ...

I have a number of keys on my K3 to which I can assign macro functions.
I have one assigned ... PF1=SPKR+PH ON/OFF.  I have the 8 soft-keys on
my P3 of which 4 are assigned so far [in 3 years], and I use only two,
and rarely them.  I have 8 macro keys on my Pigknob plus the additional
two on the knob.  I have one key assigned, which I use sporadically.  I
occasionally use the knob to switch between tuning rates, I could
certainly live without it since the K3 already offers that option in spades.

For me, any more "programmable macro buttons" would be gross overkill.  YMMV

73,

Fred K6DGW
Sparks NV
Washoe County DM09dn

On 7/10/2016 5:56 PM, Dave Fugleberg wrote:

> Now, my question. I've configured a few of the FN buttons on the P3 to
> quickly set the Span to different widths, which is cool.  I'm wondering
> what other uses people have found for the FN buttons?  Do you have a
> favorite function that makes sense to assign to one of these buttons?
>
> I'll probably think of more uses when I eventually add the SVGA and TXMon
> options, but for now, I'm not sure what other function assignments would be
> useful.  I still feel like I'm scratching the surface of how I can
> configure my K3 after 2 years, so I'm sure I have a lot to learn about the
> P3 as well.
>
> 73 de W0ZF

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