[Elecraft] K2 commands - software guru help needed
Stewart Baker
stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk
Fri Jun 18 09:22:12 EDT 2004
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:42:22 -0400, Dan Barker wrote:
> Yes, they have different meanings.
> a) FR0;MD1;FA00003727000;
> Select VFO A
> Set mode to LSB
> Set Freq to 3737 and if that is in a different band, change mode to the
> "remembered" mode.
> b) FR0;FA00003727000;MD1;
> Select VFO A
> Set Freq to 3737 and if that is in a different band, change mode to the
> "remembered"
> mode.
> Set mode to LSB
> "Remembered" is the mode that was used at the last Band change or stayed
> there for 30 seconds or some such.
> So, method a) depends on the current state of the radio memories, and method
> b) does not. However, in practice, once your rig "knows" you like LSB on 80
> meters, both will do the same thing.
> Dan / WG4S / K2 #2345
Reply to Don & Dan,
Thanks guys for your explanations, they are both very similar.
The scenario of the problem shown when using either of 2 well known logging
programs is this:-
1) Set the K2 to 80m LSB. Leave for >30secs so that freq and mode are stored.
2) Clicking once on a 20m spot:-
the logger program sends FR0;MD2;FA00014xxxxxx;
3) The K2 changes to 14xxx.xx. Leave for >30secs so that freq and mode are
stored.
4) Clicking once on a 80m spot:-
the logger program sends FR0;MD1;FA000037xxxxxx;
5) The K2 changes to 37xx.xx, but stays on USB. WHY ? (a) the mode was
originally stored (b) the software sent an MD1 command to change to LSB.
6) A second click on the spot sends FR0;MD1;FA000037xxxxxx;
7) The K2 then changes to LSB.
It is as though on the first time round the mode change gets ignored.
Does the above make any sense, or have I totally lost my marbles ?
73
Stewart G3RXQ
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