Fred, I'm not sure when this feature was added but you can send commands to the radio with the message function keys. Open the CW/RTTY/SSB Memory Setup window and select the Help button. The radio commands are sent when you use %GAxx in the message. The xx refers to a command number you define in writelog.ini.
An example will show what I'm doing. I have a CQ message stored in M1 on the K3 and want to send it using F1. My F1 message in WriteLog is %GA11. Now I need to define command #11 in writelog.ini. I added a line to the [Elecraft_K3_commands] section that says: Macro_11=SWT21; You need to start at command number 11 or higher because 0 through 10 are reserved. The SWT21; comes directly from the K3 Programmer's Reference. I have defined five macros in writelog.ini so far, one for each of the M1-M4 buttons and one for the REC button to use as a way to kill a message being sent. So my file looks like this: [Elecraft_K3_commands] Macro_11=SWT21; Macro_12=SWT31; Macro_13=SWT35; Macro_14=SWT39; Macro_19=SWT37; The message for F9 is %GA19 and I reassign the ESC key to send Message 9 to make it work like CW. As others have said the ESC key is a bit of a kludge and could cause problems if it is hit when a message is not playing. But the worst case is you would have to hit it again to reset before hitting another message key. I'm still trying to find a way to used both memory banks but so far no go. 73, Pat K0PC -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Silly-question-about-DVK3-tp6948894p6982211.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
