[Elecraft] K3 and N1MM; TNX for help

[Fred Jensen]

I do this and it works absolutely great.  Put the N1MM macros in the SSB 
F-key slots.  They look like {CAT1ASC K31;SWTxx;} which tells N1MM to 
send "SWTxx" to K3 radio 1.  "xx" is the front panel switch number for 
the Mx keys:

M1: 21
M2: 31
M3: 35
M4: 39

All this does is emulate you tapping the M button.  You can also do 
SWHxx for the HOLD function.  In fact, except for ARRL Sweepstakes with 
its really long exchange, all I ever need is the CQ on M1, most contest 
exchanges are so short and often have a variable component I have to say 
anyway that storing them is more complicated than just saying them.

One issue, not really a problem, is to be aware that N1MM sends the 
macro and thinks it is done.  It has no idea how long your message[s] 
is/are.  So, when setting the AutoCQ Repeat Interval, you have to add 
the length of your message to the repeat delay you want.

Because N1MM evaluates macros immediately, I've been unable to get a 
"toggle" between Bank 1 and Bank 2 of the K3 DVR to work right, but I've 
also never needed it.

I've checked with several locals using different combinations of spoken 
and recorded audio, sometimes together, and they cannot tell the 
difference.  All the levels match perfectly, and there's a lot less 
wiring for hum and RF to get into.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org

On 10/11/2011 7:34 AM, Roger Dixon wrote:
> Hi Karlfried
> There is another approach.  Use the internal K3 digital voice recorder.  You
> can set macros on the N1MM F keys to play the DVR messages.  That way the
> recorded messages will sound exactly the same as the live voice as the same
> microphone/settings were used for the recording.  Other benefits are that
> the mike is not live and you have not introduced other paths (computer
> and/or computer to rig audio path) where RF can enter.