[Elecraft] K3 Macros

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

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



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