There was a firm limit of 240 segments for the K3's LCD, due to the particular LCD driver we used and other considerations. This meant including only those VFO B decimal points needed for parameter displays and frequency display (a total of 4 decimal points among the 7 character positions).
Because of this, arbitrary text sent to the VFO B display is subject to some translations, among them conversion of '.' to an underscore, ':' to a top/bottom line, and '!' to .... well, you'll have to try it :) It's a compromise. You can test text-to-VFO B translations using the power-on banner, or you can send characters to the VFO B display one at a time using the "DB" remote control command. For example, if you type "DB%;" in the command tester window, you'll see what passes for a percent sign pop out on the VFO B display. "DBJ;" would send the letter J, etc. In fact you can send strings of any length to the VFO B display in this way using a PC program. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 10, 2009, at 4:45 PM, David Lankshear wrote: > Hi Doug. > > I played with this briefly yesterday before taking the rig down for > some mods, so I haven't been > able to check it out. I have a feeling that spaces entered by the > user appear as underscores, > so your period might just be "lost" in the underscore. I put my > serial number in the banner and > the # looked most unsatisfactory with an underscore below it, but > then, as I know my name, > callsign, serial number and that the rig's a K3, I don't really need a > power-on reminder just yet HI! > --- http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
