Good idea Wayne, can someone work out the macro for that? :-) 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BC)
On 29 Oct 2009, at 17:30, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Lee, > > There is at present no way to put the K3 into "sleep" mode (i.e. a > reduced-current mode from which the rig could be "woken up" with a > serial port command). Good idea, though. > > If you want to minimize current drain: turn the sub receiver off, set > LCD BRT to 2, switch to 40 or 20 m (where the fewest relays are > energized), bypass the ATU, switch to antenna 1, turn ATTN, PRE, and > NB off, and set AF GAIN to minimum. > > Fortunately the K3 only draws about 1/3rd as much current as most > desktop transceivers even when it's "awake." ______________________________________________________________ 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
