You can't program those memories with the
utilities on the computer, Oliver?
73, Phil W7OX
On 3/31/14, 7:46 PM, Oliver Johns wrote:
Just finished installing a K144XV + K144RFLK in my older K3. Had to exchange
for a KXV3a also. Went well and everything appears to work as advertised.
But, let me tell you, this exercise renewed and deepened my hatred for those
TMP coax connectors. I accept what Wayne says about their reliability. But,
they sure are a capital P in the A to plug and unplug! Price of excellence.
Am now programming the local repeaters into the memory locations. This is not
quite as tedious as manually programming a BaoFeng UV5r, but it is really
close. And the BaoFeng can be programmed using a nice utility called CHIRP
that lets you enter settings in a spreadsheet and then press a button to
transfer them en bloc.
Not so for the K3. You have to do it all by hand. Which brings me to my
point. Could there be a couple of programmer's commands added to set the
memories? Then maybe someone could write a nice Python program to do it with a
computer, or maybe port CHIRP. Maybe something like:
ZFxxx145.3205; (set frequency)
ZTxxx088.5+; (set tone)
ZLxxx*W1AW; (set label)
where the xxx stands for memory slot 000 to 099.
Also, while I'm at it, why are there only 5 slots in the label? After the "*",
there are only four free. Not enough for a typical call sign, or much of anything else.
Maybe that is due to memory limitations?
Taking the K3 apart and putting it back together reminded me what a lovely,
precision piece of equipment it really is. Amazing what fits in that little box!
Thanks for reading this far.
Oliver
W6ODJ
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