Hi Bob,
You're seriously overthinking this, perhaps due to a failure to RTFM. On
sideband, Elecraft firmware automatically defaults to the "right
sideband" for each ham band. If you choose either of the RTTY modes, it
will default to LSB. If you choose DATA A, it will automatically switch
to upper sideband. Both RTTY and DATA A will automatically take their
input only from the Line Input and disable TXEQ. Both digital Modes
(AFSK and DATA-A) disable front panel ALC settings.
Don Wilhelm's suggestions to make use of memories to save settings by
band by mode is a good one. If you study the manual, you will learn that
Elecraft memories are VERY well thought out.
73, Jim K9YC
On 4/16/2021 5:01 PM, Bob Applegate wrote:
A number of people have asked what I am trying to do with the macros, so here
is a quick explanation. In a normal day I'm switching between CW, digital and
sideband frequently. CW is easy: VFO B is always set the way I want it for CW.
Digital and sideband have to share VFO A (too bad there isn’t a VFO C). To
make the switching easier, I created two macros and assigned each to either PF1
or PF2.
Macro 4 (sideband): front panel mic input with bias, VOX off, compression at
15, receive bandwidth at 2.8 KHz.
Macro 5 (digital): line in, VOX on, compression at 0, bandwidth at 4 KHz and
USB.
If I’m on bands where USB is the norm for sideband then Macro 4 sets up
everything perectly. However, for bands were LSB is the norm, I need to add a
press of ALT to get back to LSB. That is why I’m looking for a command to set
the “right” mode for sideband based on the band.
Is there a way to do this that I just haven’t seen? To bad there isn’t a MD
parameter for selecting the normal sideband mode for the current band. Or
maybe there is?
Bob
On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:18 PM, Bob Applegate <[email protected]> wrote:
I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct sideband
(USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this. The MD
command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an option
to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band. There is no method
to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command.
Is there a way to do this?
BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019.
Thanks & 73
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