[Elecraft] Storing into K3 General Memory

[Wayne Burdick]

Mel,

If you're writing software to accomplish this, presumably you could save the current contents of the VFOs (etc.) and restore them after the memory-clear operation overwrites the VFOs (etc.).

Wayne
N6KR


On Mar 9, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Mel Seyle <melvin.seyle at comcast.net> wrote:

> In the logging software on which I'm currently working, I have been trying
> to write from my software to the K3's general memory using commands
> from the K3 programming guide.  I've had only partial success thus far.
> 
> Here's what I've found:
> 
> If general memory nnn is empty, one is able to write the frequency information to it
> by sending MCnnn;SWT15;SWT15;  This a little different from the sequence
> used when pushing buttons on the K3, <V->M>< rotate main dial to the desired
> memory number><V->M>, but it works.
> 
> If, however, memory nnn is NOT empty, MCnnn will change the active memory
> number to nnn, but will then immediately write the contents of the memory to
> the VFO's, defeating the whole purpose of the memory storage.
> 
> At first glance the obvious solution is to clear the memory first, but to clear the memory one
> must first issue MCnnn to set the memory, which will result in the contents
> of memory channel nnn being written to the VFO's.
> 
> I'm sure there's a way to accomplish this, since the K3/KX3 Frequency Editor Software
> works.
> 
> I feel that I'm missing something, but don't know just what!
> 
> Can anyone help with this problem.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mel Seyle
> W4MEL
> 
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