P3 question

[jsdroyster]

Normally the P3 uses the VFO A frequency as its center, but when a DX wants stations to call in very far above or below his own frequency (a very wide split, as used by K1N recently) then I need to learn how to tune the P3 away from the VFO A frequency or else the pileup does not show on the P3.  The manual says this is possible but I am missing exactly how to do it.  Help?
Thanks in advance!
Julie KT4JR
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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Julie,

It sounds like you prefer to leave your P3 in Tracking mode. The procedure I'll describe works best if you have the P3 set to Fixed Tune mode. I have a Fn button set to flip back and forth between Fixed Tune and Tracking but if you don't you can easily access it from the Menu under FixTrack. Just push the SELECT knob to flip flop between Fixed Tune mode and Tracking mode.

If the DX is operating UP you'll want your VFO-A cursor to be on the left side of the screen. To do this hold the CENTER button on the right side of the P3. Then twist the P3 knob clockwise. If you don't see the full pileup you may have to increase the frequency SPAN of the display. Just press the SPAN button and twist the P3 knob clockwise.

If the DX station is listening DOWN then you'll move the VFO-A cursor to the right side of the screen by twisting the knob counterclockwise.

73,
Mike K2MK

jsdroyster wrote

Normally the P3 uses the VFO A frequency as its center, but when a DX wants stations to call in very far above or below his own frequency (a very wide split, as used by K1N recently) then I need to learn how to tune the P3 away from the VFO A frequency or else the pileup does not show on the P3.  The manual says this is possible but I am missing exactly how to do it.  Help?
Thanks in advance!
Julie KT4JR

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>>   <[hidden email]> writes:


    > Normally the P3 uses the VFO A frequency as its center, but when a
    > DX wants stations to call in very far above or below his own
    > frequency (a very wide split, as used by K1N recently) then I need
    > to learn how to tune the P3 away from the VFO A frequency or else
    > the pileup does not show on the P3.  The manual says this is
    > possible but I am missing exactly how to do it.  Help?


Hold CENTER and turn the knob to shift the VFO marker to your preferred
position. Works in either Fixed or Tracking mode.


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[Phil Anderson]

Hi Julie,

Use the third button down and the right side of the P3 front panel -
called SPAN and widen what you are looking at. You can go as wide as 200
kHz. That should do it.

I like to use 100 to 50 kHz span so can see more detail on the P3
screen. I also added a 19 inch monitor so I could see the "big picture."
To use a monitor, you need to add the serial port in/out to the P3.
Then, you attach your USB-to-serial port adapter from your computer -
assuming you are using one - so you can run from a variety of computer
programs from your keyboard to the K3. Those would include the terminal
program that comes with the K3 kit. I recently installed N1MM+ (and have
the second RX in the K3) so have two panels open on my other monitor
(for the computer) wherein I can see/control/log in two panels, one for
VFOA and one for VFOB, good for contesting and reg op as well.

73, Phil, W0XI

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> Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:24 PM
> Normally the P3 uses the VFO A frequency as its center, but when a DX
> wants stations to call in very far above or below his own frequency (a
> very wide split, as used by K1N recently) then I need to learn how to
> tune the P3 away from the VFO A frequency or else the pileup does not
> show on the P3. The manual says this is possible but I am missing
> exactly how to do it. Help?
> Thanks in advance!
> Julie KT4JR
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[John Bastin-2]

On 19 Feb 2015, at 15:02, Phil Anderson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Use the third button down and the right side of the P3 front panel - called SPAN and widen what you are looking at. You can go as wide as 200 kHz. That should do it.

I  always use the P3 in Tracking mode, and normally my SPAN is set to 11, which gives me a display of + or - 5.2 kHz on either side of the main VFO frequency. This works for most pileups (on CW, where I usually am) except for some of the recent DXpeditions (K1N, TI9/3Z9DX) that seem to like large splits.

I have my normal SPAN assigned to FN1 on the P3, so I can return to it easily. For the wider SPAN requirements, I have FN2 set to SPAN 20 kHz (+ or - 10) and FN3 set to SPAN 32 kHz (+ or - 16). I can quickly move to the bandwidth I need using this method.

Hope this helps.

73,

John K8AJS
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[Jim Brown-10]

On Fri,2/20/2015 6:52 AM, John Bastin wrote:
> I  always use the P3 in Tracking mode,

You're missing a LOT by not using Fixed Tune and Averaging. Averaging
greatly reduces the noise, and Fixed Tune is needed so that averaging
continues to work as you tune the main VFO (the average resets when you
tune). I use maximum averaging of the top display, no averaging of the
waterfall. This will bring out signals that are easy to miss without
averaging.

Like you, I use narrow spans to work a pileup.

73, Jim K9YC
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[Phil Wheeler-2]

A rousing second of Jim's "fixed tune" recommendation". I much anticipate its availability in my PX3 as well.

Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S

> On Feb 20, 2015, at 09:18, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri,2/20/2015 6:52 AM, John Bastin wrote:
>> I  always use the P3 in Tracking mode,
>
> You're missing a LOT by not using Fixed Tune and Averaging. Averaging greatly reduces the noise, and Fixed Tune is needed so that averaging continues to work as you tune the main VFO (the average resets when you tune). I use maximum averaging of the top display, no averaging of the waterfall. This will bring out signals that are easy to miss without averaging.
>
> Like you, I use narrow spans to work a pileup.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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