[Ham-Mac] Re: Macros Tip (page 69 of Sep 2005 QST)

[Dick Kriss, AA5VU]

On 8/14/05 11:56 AM, "Jay Sewell" <w5sl at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Dick,
> 
> Thanks for your "Hints and Kinks" article in the current QST.   Well done.  I
> was unaware of the macro function and am starting to put it to good use.
> 
> 73  Jay W5SL

Jay,

Thanks for the note regarding the tip on Page -69- of the Sep QST.  As noted
in the text credit goes to Terry, AB5K, who told me about the cool macros in
the AR-Cluster software.

FYI, I changed the keys around from those stated in QST to read as follows:

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AA5VU de AB5K-2    14-Aug 2046Z  arc >sh/macros

Macro0 set to: sh/heading
Macro1 set to: SH/ART
Macro2 set to: sh/dx/10 where comment like '%RTTY%'
Macro3 set to: sh/dx/10 where comment like '%PSK%'
Macro4 set to: sh/dx/25 where comment like '%RTTY%'
Macro5 set to: 
Macro6 set to: 
Macro7 set to: sh/dx where comment like '%PSK%'
Macro8 set to: 
Macro9 set to: sh/dx/30 where freq > 14060.0 and freq < 14120.0
AA5VU de AB5K-2    14-Aug 2046Z  arc >
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Something got hosed in the editing process at QST and they added an extra
'_' at the end of each statement in Table 1. Do not type the _ at the end.
After submitting the blurb to QST, I changed the assigned keys because I
prefer to use the keypad and the revised keys are easier to reach.  The
macros I use most of the time are 0, 1, 2 and 3.  I use the 'zero and
prefix' all the time. For example, if you type "0  BS7", the cluster comes
back with

Country: BS7 = Scarborough Reef  336 deg (LP 156) 8025 mi (12912 km) from
AA5VU

Happiness would be a BS7 spot. HiHi

The tip at the end of the blurb was for use with the macro #1 ART (or
AR-Techology Callsign Database). QST did some text editing moved as a
surfing footnote.  If you type 1 and a call, the cluster will give you an
address. If you then copy/paste the address into Google, you will get a neat
map showing the location of the QTH.  I just learned this is provided you do
not have a Texas 'FM' road in your address. Try it on someone with a normal
address that Google can understand.

I hope you will find the AR-Cluster macros as useful as I have.  I really
appreciated Terry, AB5K,  pointing out this cool user option.

73 de Dick, AA5VU

ps: If you want to try some of some of macros, just copy/paste the following
in (one at a time) at your AR-Cluster prompt:

set/macro 0= sh/heading
set/macro 1=SH/ART 
set/macro 2= sh/dx/10 where comment like '%RTTY%'
set/macro 3= sh/dx/10 where comment like '%PSK%'