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Mike Reublin

[P3] quirk?

Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
movement of the indicators on the P3.

Split off, RIT/XIT off
Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together

Split off RIT on
Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
very broad cursor(but not the real one).

This is very hard to describe.

Firmware 01.16.

73, Mike NF4L

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Rick Prather-2

Re: [P3] quirk?

"This is very hard to describe."

And also hard to duplicate. Can't seem to see that here..

Rick
K6LE

On 10/22/2012, at 2:36 , Mike <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
> I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
> movement of the indicators on the P3.
>
> Split off, RIT/XIT off
> Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together
>
> Split off RIT on
> Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
> rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
> be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
> very broad cursor(but not the real one).
>
> This is very hard to describe.
>
> Firmware 01.16.
>
> 73, Mike NF4L

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Mike K2MK

Re: [P3] quirk?

In reply to this post by Mike Reublin

Hi Mike,

I'll take a stab at the first item you described. There is a configuration variable (CONFIG:VFO OFS) that you can turn ON to utilize the RIT/XIT knob to change VFO A frequency. You probably have that ON. Take a look at your K3 frequency as you turn the RIT/XIT knob to verify this. When either the RIT and/or XIT is activated the knob only controls the RIT/XIT frequency and not VFO A frequency.

73,
Mike K2MK

Mike-14-3 wrote

Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
movement of the indicators on the P3.

Split off, RIT/XIT off
Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together

Split off RIT on
Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
very broad cursor(but not the real one).

This is very hard to describe.

Firmware 01.16.

73, Mike NF4L

Alan Bloom

Re: [P3] quirk?

In reply to this post by Mike Reublin

On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 17:36 -0400, Mike wrote:
> Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
> I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
> movement of the indicators on the P3.
>
> Split off, RIT/XIT off
> Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together

If RIT and XIT are off, the small tuning knob on the K3 acts as a coarse
tuning knob.

> Split off RIT on
> Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
> rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
> be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
> very broad cursor(but not the real one).

The knob on the P3 shouldn't do anything unless some function has been
selected for it. What were you adjusting?

73,

Alan N1AL

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Mike Reublin

Re: [P3] quirk?

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I should be an alpha tester. I can come up with issues NObody ever
imagined....8-)

73, Mike NF4L

On 10/22/12 7:40 PM, Rick Prather wrote:

> "This is very hard to describe."
>
> And also hard to duplicate. Can't seem to see that here..
>
> Rick
> K6LE
>
> On 10/22/2012, at 2:36 , Mike <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
>> I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
>> movement of the indicators on the P3.
>>
>> Split off, RIT/XIT off
>> Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together
>>
>> Split off RIT on
>> Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
>> rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
>> be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
>> very broad cursor(but not the real one).
>>
>> This is very hard to describe.
>>
>> Firmware 01.16.
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
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Mike Reublin

Re: [P3] quirk?

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Thanks, Mike. You nailed it in one. I don't use RIT/XIT and never
noticed that.

73, Mike NF4L

On 10/22/12 7:59 PM, Mike K2MK wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I'll take a stab at the first item you described. There is a configuration
> variable (CONFIG:VFO OFS) that you can turn ON to utilize the RIT/XIT knob
> to change VFO A frequency. You probably have that ON. Take a look at your K3
> frequency as you turn the RIT/XIT knob to verify this. When either the RIT
> and/or XIT is activated the knob only controls the RIT/XIT frequency and not
> VFO A frequency.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK
>
>
> Mike-14-3 wrote
>> Playing with the P3 today I just noticed a bit of quirky behaviour. When
>> I turn the RIT/XIT button on the K3, whether RIT/XIT is on or off, I get
>> movement of the indicators on the P3.
>>
>> Split off, RIT/XIT off
>> Marker A, marker B and cuursor B move together
>>
>> Split off RIT on
>> Marker B (red), cursor B(magenta) and a very thin green line. If I
>> rotate the knob on the P3 there are artifacts left from what appears to
>> be the B marker. If I turn it very slowly, the artifact looks like a
>> very broad cursor(but not the real one).
>>
>> This is very hard to describe.
>>
>> Firmware 01.16.
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>
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