Thanks, Dick. Also thanks to Brian Hunt. Will try that. --Oliver W6ODJ
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.elecraft.com/K3/FreqMemEdit/K3_Freq_Mem_Editor.htm > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > >> On Mar 31, 2014, at 19:46, Oliver Johns <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
