Sam, No, I've never made a macro, no idea how I'd approach that to accomplish this. If it would work I'd be willing to try. What I was expecting as an built-in option though would be beneficial for anyone who operates as I do.
Gary KA1J > just a thought.... > how about creating a macro that does what you want...? > > On 3/19/2014 9:31 AM, Gary Smith wrote: > > Bill, > > > > Understood that some only use it that way, that is not my norm > > though. I chase DX and If I engage the magenta operation with the P3, > > its to be transmitting on a DX's listening frequency and in all those > > cases I will be split. > > > > Since 1979 I've never listened on two bands simultaneously and if I > > want to see what's happening on different bands that is of my DX > > interest, I use the spot log in Logic 9, my logging software and it > > compares all current spots posted in North America (my default) to > > what is needed in my log and displays who, what, when, & where and > > one click on the spot log & I QSY there. For that matter, it can > > retain that spotting data for up to a month if I'm seeking a trend on > > an operators methods. > > > > So, for my style of operation to date, I 100% of the time would want > > the P3 to engage MKR B as a transmit frequency. For the prior 20 > > years till I assembled the K3 in 08 I used a Corsair II & external > > VFO; I used it that way as well with the external VFO listening for > > the place to transmit. Now thanks to the P3 I can see the spots and > > don't need to hear them and the P3 is a great tool for DXing for me. > > > > What I do when I seek DX is so logical to me I can't help but think > > its common for others as well. SInce the P3 communicates with the K3, > > a firmware update of either the P3 or K3 to allow this choice of > > engaging split when you select MKR B would be a genuine asset, I > > expected it was a given. > > > > Gary > > KA1J > > > >> No, not intuitive. > >> > >> MKR B is the VFO B frequency. Often one wants to listen on the B > >> frequency. It may be on another band. > >> SPLIT is a special case, not the norm. > >> > >> ...bill nr4c > >> > >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID > >> > >> > >> Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Reading the P3 screen I see a station transmitting. I use Marker A > >> (Green) to pin me on that desired station as soon as I tap the knob > >> to QSY me to a desired signal. > >> > >> I listen to the station and they say UP so I know to hold in the MKR > >> button to activate B ((Magenta) I see where the last transmission is > >> and I place the Magenta marker at that location and tap: The Sub Rx > >> goes to that frequency where the DX was last listening but sub is not > >> engaged, it just sits on that frequency and does nothing with it. > >> > >> Problem is that if I don't then reach over and manually hold the > >> split button on the K3 itself to have the K3 transmit on the DX > >> listening frequency, I'll still keep transmitting on the DX transmit > >> frequency because the K3 will not have gone split; its as if the > >> procedure is halted half way and it shouldn't function this way, its > >> not intuitive. > >> > >> If I'm going to the effort to engage Marker B to QSY its because I > >> want to transmit on the Marker B frequency. What do I have to the do > >> differently to force the K3 go split to transmit on the B freq when I > >> tap on MKR B? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Gary > >> KA1J > > > -- > GB & 73 > K5OAI > Sam Morgan > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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 Message delivered to [email protected]
