[Elecraft] External controls for the K3?

[Mike Markowski]

Hisashi,

Not as convenient as physically remoting the buttons, but I wrote a 
small C program that sends commands to the K3.  I then made some short 
"aliases" using that program name.  If I type the letter "a" the K3 
sends my call, AB3AP.  If I type "9" it sends "R 5nn TU" ("7" sends "R 
57n TU", etc.).  No cramps.  :-)

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 04/03/2014 04:41 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> I'm embarassed to admit this but I have a question:
> In CW pileups, I usually have M1 programmed to send my callsign and M2
> to just send the standard "callsign 5NN TU". The thread on ergonomics
> made me think about the cramp I get in my hand holding it up by the top
> of the rig.
>
> Has anyone ever thought about remoting out the M1-M4 buttons? If it's in
> the manual, I apologize; I'm not running on all cylinders today.
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