[Elecraft] Another thought for the XG3 Utility

Gary Gregory garyvk4fd at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 23:38:08 EDT 2011


Dick,

And put your shoes back on...:-)
Gary

On 21 April 2011 12:14, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thank you! My contribution (the XG3 Utility) is just a part of a much
> larger
> Elecraft team effort that brought us the new goodie.  I bought one for
> myself at Visalia. Up to now I've been using a naked printed circuit board
> with some wires hanging off it. Now I can figure out what the buttons and
> lights are without counting!
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill (K9YEQ) [mailto:K9YEQ at live.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:06 PM
> To: 'Dick Dievendorff'
> Cc: Elecraft
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Another thought for the XG3 Utility
>
> Dick,
>
> I have mine.  Just unplugged the W2 serial cable and voila!  How sweet the
> new toy is!!  Nice job!!!
>
> 73,
> Bill
> K9YEQ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> We were showing this on a P3 at the Visalia DX Convention last weekend.
>
> There are two "programmable functions" (sweeps) described on page 10 of the
> XG3 Owner's Manual.  The XG3 Utility supports their setup.
>
> You choose the start, end, and step size frequencies with a resolution of 1
> Hz, the time interval between steps (1 to 64K msec), and a check box that
> indicates whether the sweep should be repeated.
>
> Once the sweep settings are sent to the XG3, you can disconnect the PC
> program and initiate the sweep by HOLDing the band up/down buttons (HOLD is
> PF1 and PF2).  Tap any button to stop the sweep. Or you can leave the PC
> program connected and click the Sweep 1 or Sweep 2 buttons on the Operate
> page of the XG3 Utility.
>
> See "Edit Sweep Memories" on the Configuration tab of the XG3 Utility. You
> can install the XG3 Utility and peruse Help even if your XG3 hasn't yet
> arrived.  I have a fair number of screen shot images of the various dialogs
> in Help.
>
> There's a link to install the XG3 Utility at the bottom of this web page:
> http://www.elecraft.com/XG3/xg3.htm
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>
>
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