[Elecraft] K3 MD command question

[Bob Applegate]

A number of people have asked what I am trying to do with the macros, so here is a quick explanation.  In a normal day I'm switching between CW, digital and sideband frequently.  CW is easy: VFO B is always set the way I want it for CW.

Digital and sideband have to share VFO A (too bad there isn’t a VFO C).  To make the switching easier, I created two macros and assigned each to either PF1 or PF2.

Macro 4 (sideband): front panel mic input with bias, VOX off, compression at 15, receive bandwidth at 2.8 KHz.

Macro 5 (digital): line in, VOX on, compression at 0, bandwidth at 4 KHz and USB.

If I’m on bands where USB is the norm for sideband then Macro 4 sets up everything perectly.  However, for bands were LSB is the norm, I need to add a press of ALT to get back to LSB.  That is why I’m looking for a command to set the “right” mode for sideband based on the band.  

Is there a way to do this that I just haven’t seen?  To bad there isn’t a MD parameter for selecting the normal sideband mode for the current band.  Or maybe there is?

Bob


> On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:18 PM, Bob Applegate <bob at applegate.org> wrote:
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> I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct sideband (USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this.  The MD command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an option to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band.  There is no method to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command.
> 
> Is there a way to do this?
> 
> BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019.
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> Thanks & 73
> 
> Bob - K2UT
>