[Elecraft] K3 Macro toggle

[Fred Jensen]

On 7/1/2012 10:35 AM, KU4AF wrote:

> The idea is to let the macro itself reassign
> the PF key to a different macro. For example, say you want the PF2 key to
> toggle between setting VFO A to 14010 and 14020 (not useful but just an
> example).

Vaguely reminiscent of very early stored program computers where it was 
considered a cool feature that your code could do arithmetic on itself 
creating new code the next time through [like stepping an address 
sequentially, or ... gasp ... changing instruction op codes into 
different instructions :-)].

I have yet to figure out how to get N1MM to use both banks of the K3 
DVR.  The obvious way would be for the macros that use Bank 2 make the 
switch and key the message and then switch back to Bank 1.  The problem 
is that the logger has no way of knowing when the voice message is over. 
  It does the bank switch OK and keys the message,  then executes the 
switch back to Bank 1 killing the audio immediately.  I guess this is 
the case for all loggers since there's no feedback from the K3 DVR that 
it's done.  I've never needed more than two messages on SSB, so it isn't 
a problem, just a challenge.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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