[Elecraft] Real Radios Don't Need Computers!

[Ed Muns]

W0YK wrote:
> Had the K3 been available to me, I would have simply turned 
> it on, set the frequency, set bandwidth and tapped MODE into 
> DATA mode.  Next, I would have held DATA MD and then rotated 
> VFO-B to select FSK (and VFO-B to select 45 bps), held TEXT 
> DEC and rotated VFO-B to select ON, and finally selected the 
> tones by holding PITCH and rotating VFO-A to select a 915 Hz 
> Mark tone with a 170 Hz shift.  I then would have tuned in 
> N8S, tapping CWT to enable the FSK tuning indicator if 
> desired, and their FSK text would have scrolled across the 
> VFO-B display area.  Easy!  Wonderful!  And, there's more!

W4ZV queried:
>          Why wouldn't you store this setup in one of the Mx 
> memories?  I assume it may have to do with the above 
> parameters not all being available to store, but that's just 
> a little more flash memory isn't it?  :-)

Possible, although not before a lot of other items on Wayne's firmware list
and the field tester's feedback list are completed!  Also, there's one
school of thought to keep mode-specific info out of the message memories.
That way, the same message could be used on any CW or data mode.

Another logical place to store these data parameters is in one of the
per-band frequency memories that the operator designates for RTTY.  Of
course, that means storing them multiple times for the bands of interest,
but that is easy enough by just changing the frequency info and storing
again in, say M3, if that is where you want your RTTY per-band memory.
Similar to your idea of storing different antenna setups in the per-band
memories that may differ by band.

73,
Ed - W0YK