the P3 and K3. Certainly some sort of widely different gain setting on
2m. BUT looking at the IF out the signal levels are "proper" as I did
not have to change the scale very much on the SDR pan display.
> It could be that the MENU:XV_Gain setting for two meters got wildly
> wrong somehow. You might try changing it. Another possibility would be
> to do the parameter initialization (under Troubleshooting in the
> manual).
>
> Alan
>
> On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 16:40 -0400, Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote:
>> Hi Stan,
>>
>> Adjusting the ref level does not help. Looking at the IF output of the
>> P3 the actual signal level is not changing when I switch between 6m and
>> 2m. I hooked up my QS1R SDR and can see the signals fine when the P3
>> water fall display is orange when I am on 2m. I can not find a ref level
>> that works. Radio is working fine on 2m as I can copy signals fine.
>>
>> When i disconnect the serial cable between the P3 and K3 the display is
>> fine minus frequency and filter info of course.
>>
>> All the software is up today. Both of my K3s do this.
>>
>> Any ideas gang??
>>
>> 73, tom n4zpt
>>
>> On 8/6/2011 11:13 AM, Stan Gibbs wrote:
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Sounds like your "Ref Lvl" is set too high. The color of the waterfall
>>> reflects the vertical position of the trace in the frequency display. If
>>> you reduce the reference level, the frequency display will return to a
>>> viewable position, and the orange waterfall will revert to blue.
>>>
>>> The reference level is per-band so you have to adjust it for each band you
>>> operate on. For my 2m setup the ref level is set at -145 dBm, which allows
>>> me to see the frequency trace when the pre-amp is on or off.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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