[Elecraft] K3 MD command question

[Bob Applegate]

Thanks for all the emails, and I did finally realize there is a simple solution to my problem. BTW, I did RTFM.  Band memories?  Done that years ago.  I am an engineer by profession, but the Elecraft (and any other modern) rigs are complicated and it’s easy to miss things or not interpret things the right way.

For may years I was only on CW and sideband so I used the VFOs to hold the proper settings per mode.  Worked perfectly, filled my needs, rarely needed the other VFO while on either mode.

When I went to digital modes the instructions were to use USB, so I did.  Tried DATA and DATA-REV without success, so I wrote those off and went back to USB and tweaked computer drive level settings until everything worked on FT8, FT8 and other digital modes.  Never tried DATA again.

So the answer to my problem was to just use DATA… now that all the external settings were correct, DATA worked perfectly, so today I’ll get the proper modes set for all the bands again and everything will be perfect.

Thanks for the help.

Bob


> On Apr 16, 2021, at 11:45 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> You're seriously overthinking this, perhaps due to a failure to RTFM. On sideband, Elecraft firmware automatically defaults to the "right sideband" for each ham band. If you choose either of the RTTY modes, it will default to LSB. If you choose DATA A, it will automatically switch to upper sideband. Both RTTY and DATA A will automatically take their input only from the Line Input and disable TXEQ. Both digital Modes (AFSK and DATA-A) disable front panel ALC settings.
> 
> Don Wilhelm's suggestions to make use of memories to save settings by band by mode is a good one. If you study the manual, you will learn that Elecraft memories are VERY well thought out.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> On 4/16/2021 5:01 PM, Bob Applegate wrote:
>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Thanks & 73
> 
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