I want to thank everyone for the helpful posts regarding macros. It motivated me to try a few and, without too much effort - and with the "K3 Programmer's Reference" open in a window on the desktop for frequent reference - I was able to get a few programmed into my rig too! Nothing fancy, but some things that I will definitely use here ;-) I will share these examples in the hope that they will help ease the process for others who are hesitating taking the plunge.
I always thought one of the neat things about the K3 was the ability to call a SSB station with CW. Unfortunately, this option is only available when you operate VOX, and I key my K3 with a sequencer triggered by a footswitch. So I thought that would be a good starting point for my first macro. I put this first macro into button PF1. It puts the VFO B into CW REV mode, and moves that VFO up 1 kHz from VFO A (so the SSB station will hear something), and puts the K3 into split operation: SWT13;SWT11;MD7;SWT11;UPB4;FT1;RT0;XT0; To undo the split operation and move VFO B back down onto the same frequency and mode, I put this macro into PF2: FT0;RT0;XT0;LN0;SQ000;SWT13; Since I operate mostly 6m, and usually call CQ on the calling frequency of 50.125 and then move off up the band to listen for callers, I put this macro into button M1. It simply sets VFO B to 50.190 so I can easily tap A/B switch after calling CQ on 50.125: SWT13;FB00050190000; MNI TNX to the Elecraft team for making such a powerful and flexible rig! And that is one reason I got it over a year ago - because it could be tailored to so many different situations. Like many K3 users, I have not delved very deeply into the (almost overwhelming) myriad of available functions. I simply set it up to work in my station for my particular applications. And if I need to learn how to make it do something more, there is always the manual and the very helpful group of folks on this email reflector. Gud DX and VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the MAGIC BAND EME email reflector! ______________________________________________________________ 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
