[Elecraft] Guidance Please: XG3 Signal Source Sending CW String

[Don Wilhelm]

Jeff,

What band LED is illuminated on the XG3?  That message sequence you 
specified does not set the band, so you will have to set the XG3 output 
manually to whichever band/frequency the XG3 is set for.
It works, I have used similar sequences to send CW to a K3 for hamfest 
demos.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/10/2015 7:19 PM, Jeff Maass K8ND wrote:
> I have been unsuccessful in convincing my XG3 to send CW strings.
>
> The basic signal generator functions of the XG3 are working, both with and
> without the XG3 utility connected. It generates signal carrier at all
> requested frequencies at all available power levels. This XG3 has firmware
> revision 1.16 installed. I am running it with the XG3 Utility Revision
> 1.13.6.6, and the utility and the XG3 are communicating. The manual I have
> is Revision D1 (Feb 20,2013).
>
> I want to use it with my SDRs and CW Skimmer to test the receivers and
> splitters, so I'd like to have it send something like "TEST TEST TEST K8ND
> K8ND K8ND TEST" on demand on a selected band/frequency. For test, I had
> selected 10.120 as my test frequency, and connected the output of the XG3 to
> my K3 antenna jack. I set the K3 to 10.120 MHz.
>
> Page 13 of the D1 and D2 manuals provides examples of programming the XG3
> with the PC utility. For test, I tried to set up the sample beacon that is
> the first example, as shown below:
>
>       Use the XG3 Utility's Command Tester (far right tab) to enter these
> commands:
>
>       WM,^0de_w1aw:10^1:10^2:10*$60#;
>
>       Changes the level to 0 dBm, then sends 'de w1aw', sends carrier at 0
> dBm for 10 seconds, then
>
>       changes the level to -33 dBm, sends carrier for 10 seconds, changes
> level to -73 dBm, sends carrier for 10
>
>       seconds, sends SK, pauses silent for 60 seconds and repeats
> indefinitely.
>
>
>
> As described above, I typed the string ("WM,^de...) into the XG3 command box
> on the 'Command Tester' tab.
>
>
> I then entered the string to enable the use of the PF1 button to initiate
> the message function, as shown below:
>
>       Set up the PF1 key for Morse memory sending:
>
>       PF,01,01; configure PF1 to send Morse memory.
>
>       To play the memory, either hold down the Band+/PF1 key or send S,01;
> over the serial port.
>
>
>
> When I pressed and held the PF1 key, 1) the '30' LED began to blink; 2) the
> level changed on the XG3 from one to another to another as described in the
> command documentation above, and 3) continues forever. HOWEVER, there is no
> output of CW or carrier to the radio. I watched the P3 display carefully for
> any sign of the output keying, but No Joy anywhere near 10.120 MHz. The LEDs
> on the XG3 show that the programmed string is at least running, changing the
> output levels periodically.
>
>