[Elecraft] Suggested KX3 "upgrade"

[Mike Dodd]

On 5/30/2016 7:27 PM, Jim Rodenkirch wrote:
> Wayne/Eric: I do lots of "runs" during contests and after completing a CQ run
> and waiting for the "next cycle" I find, often, when a station returns my
> CQ, if I hit a dit key to cancel the "beacon mode," the calling station
> stops sending (he heard my dit and 'pauses').
>
> Could sumpin' be done, firmware wise, to let us hit the the key without
> sending the dit or dah?
>
> I'm reluctant to push the msg button just to stop the beacon...seems like
> I'd be stressing that button and it's inconvenient to access those buttons
> while"in the fray" of a contest.

How do you handle sending serial numbers that change with each QSO? 
Those can't be programmed into a KX3 memory.

If you use the N1MM logger (or any contest logger), you can program all 
messages into function keys, then tap the ESC key to cancel any of them. 
Also, typing the first character of the other station's call sign also 
immediately interrupts the CQ; you don't even need to hit ESC.

N1MM's function keys automatically handle serial numbers.

I always put my CW contest messages into N1MM, not in the KX3.

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73, Mike N4CF
Louisa County, VA USA
Elecraft K3s/100
Carolina Windom up 45'
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