[Elecraft] Troublesome Macro #1 (First in a series)

David Box dobox at suddenlink.net
Tue Jul 3 00:05:12 EDT 2018


The delay DE command only effects K3 so you can remove several. Check syntax of #CTF
Dave K5MWR 


On July 2, 2018 6:41:05 PM MDT, Byron Peebles <nz3o.us at gmail.com> wrote:
>I am having trouble with the following Macro on a K3S and P3/SVGA.
>
>BN10;DE500;MD6;DE100;FA00050313000;DE100;#CTF+00050315000;DE100;#SPN000043;DE100;
>
>The delays are just there to slow things down, right?  No impact
>otherwise.
>
>What happens is the Macro executes, but when it completes, the P3/SVGA 
>switches the Center Frequency back to the previous band and the band
>the 
>radio is on is correct but the SVGA display differs from the P3 itself 
>by quite a bit.  For specifics, I test the Macro by switching to 28MHz 
>band.  After execution, the P3 shows the 28MHz center frequency but the
>
>SVGA shows 74Mhz, or thereabouts.  - If I change the SPN, the center 
>frequency varies. Suspicious.
>
>What I am trying to accomplish is this:
>
>Change bands(6m), Set Mode(Data), Set VFO-A Frequency (50313), Set P3 
>Center (50315) and P3 Span (4.3)
>
>The idea is to have the audio bandwidth of FT-8 on the SVGA display (in
>
>this example).
>
>What obvious mistake am I missing and forgetting?  Thank you.
>
>73, Byron
>
>Note the results are the same whether in a Macro button or some the
>test 
>command line. The results are fine when the command is broken up.  I do
>
>know about delays in command execution, especially band changes, and it
>
>does work better when you are already on the band.
>
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