[Elecraft] Silly question about DVK3

[Pat Cain, KØPC]

Fred,

I'm not sure when this feature was added but you can send commands to the
radio with the message function keys. Open the CW/RTTY/SSB Memory Setup
window and select the Help button. The radio commands are sent when you use
%GAxx in the message. The xx refers to a command number you define in
writelog.ini.

An example will show what I'm doing. I have a CQ message stored in M1 on the
K3 and want to send it using F1. My F1 message in WriteLog is %GA11. Now I
need to define command #11 in writelog.ini. I added a line to the
[Elecraft_K3_commands] section that says:
Macro_11=SWT21;

You need to start at command number 11 or higher because 0 through 10 are
reserved. The SWT21; comes directly from the K3 Programmer's Reference.

I have defined five macros in writelog.ini so far, one for each of the M1-M4
buttons and one for the REC button to use as a way to kill a message being
sent. So my file looks like this:
[Elecraft_K3_commands]
Macro_11=SWT21;
Macro_12=SWT31;
Macro_13=SWT35;
Macro_14=SWT39;
Macro_19=SWT37;

The message for F9 is %GA19 and I reassign the ESC key to send Message 9 to
make it work like CW.

As others have said the ESC key is a bit of a kludge and could cause
problems if it is hit when a message is not playing. But the worst case is
you would have to hit it again to reset before hitting another message key.

I'm still trying to find a way to used both memory banks but so far no go.

73,
Pat  K0PC


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