[Elecraft] [K3] User Programmable Display Area

[Phil Hystad]

I had this wild idea for doing something with my K3 but one problem is that I do not know enough about the K3 to know whether this made sense or not.

I wanted to create a button triggered macro that would be used to switch between two different states of settings (I assume I can do this).  Since these settings mean something unique to my use of the K3, ideally I would like a display panel display of a flag or code to identify the setting that I was in -- say I called this setting A or B.

Therefore, I was curious if there were an area on the display screen set aside for user custom needs and a command that can enter data into that setting.  Now, I know that the display is very crowded but was hoping that such a facility did exist.

If it does not, it seems that it might be a nice feature.  Maybe a 5 character region on the display that can be addressed and used by individuals who program macros to manipulate their K3.  Ideally, the characters could be addressed as a whole (a string) or individually as cell positions (maybe to define flags).

Maybe I should check -- I think I am assuming that the macro programming language allows for conditional tests which would be a nice feature to have too if it does not exist.  For the future K4, maybe an entire programming language built into the feature set of macro coding.

73, phil, K7PEH