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n6fb

APF Macro

It is tough to get old and find most of your electronics know-how is out
of date- so much so that creating a macro from scratch seems beyond my ken.

APF is a very useful function, and I use it along with RIT as the fine
tuning mechanism. How would one generate and execute as either a macro, or
PF1/PF2, to turn on and off a "APF and RIT activated" function?

BIll Hartman
N6FB
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AC7AC

Re: APF Macro

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Cady, Fred

Re: APF Macro

Send me your macros and I'll put them up on ke7x.com

Fred Cady
fcady at ieee dot org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron
> D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 4:14 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] APF Macro
>
> Age notwithstanding, many of us find messing with macros or other
> 'programming' activities right up there in desirability with
> hauling out the
> trash.
>
> Perhaps it would be possible for Elecraft to start building a
> macro library.
> Even if a macro isn't exactly what you want, it's often a lot
> easier to make
> a small change than to start from scratch.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>

N7US

Re: APF Macro

In reply to this post by AC7AC

The help file of the K3 Utility program has lots of useful macros as well as
the information on how to send them to the radio and assign them to radio
buttons using the CONFIG menu.

For anyone using DXLab's Commander rig control program, that program offers
an alternative to macros in the K3. Commander's macros, called user-defined
sequences, can be longer than those in the K3 Utility program. They don't
use any of the buttons on the K3 either. You can even set up macros in
DXLab's WinWarbler to activate the K3 voice memories if you have a K3DVR.

They are also easy to share, with no typing or "programming" required. I
have saved some of the ones I've created for my K3 on the DXLab Yahoo Group
web site. They are simple text files that can be copied to your hard drive
and assigned to an F-key or button on the Commander screen.

I have Commander sequences to switch mics between the front and rear panel
jacks, including the TX EQ and other settings, an AF mute, VOX on/off,
split/up 2, and clear split.

I leave my M1-M4 buttons for message uses and also use them as frequency
presets within bands using the Elecraft K3 Freq Memory Editor program.

Commander is the rig control program within a suite of free programs that
include logging, a DX spot database, digital mode and CW support,
propagation, and others.

http://www.dxlabsuite.com/

Having said that, I still use PF1 and PF2 (RIT and XIT hold, respectively)
on my K3 to set the TX power to 45W or full power. The PF1 gives me a
starting point to drive my amplifier, and PF2 sets the K3 to full power for
"barefoot" operation.

I have referred to the K3 Programming Manual, but I admit that's a bit "hard
core" for someone not wanting to get that involved.

Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----

Age notwithstanding, many of us find messing with macros or other
'programming' activities right up there in desirability with hauling out the
trash.

Perhaps it would be possible for Elecraft to start building a macro library.
Even if a macro isn't exactly what you want, it's often a lot easier to make
a small change than to start from scratch.

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

It is tough to get old and find most of your electronics know-how is out
of date- so much so that creating a macro from scratch seems beyond my ken.

APF is a very useful function, and I use it along with RIT as the fine
tuning mechanism. How would one generate and execute as either a macro, or

PF1/PF2, to turn on and off a "APF and RIT activated" function?

BIll Hartman
N6FB

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n7ws

Re: APF Macro

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I could be all wet but I'm not sure you can, regardless of talent. The K3 command set is simply too limited.

Ideally you would want to be able to go into the CONFIG menu and enable (make it available) the APF function. This isn't even straightforward doing it manually, because even though it is a CW only function, there shouldn't be (IMHO) a requirement for the mode to be in CW to enable the function, but you must.

Second, when the APF is first turned on I believe that it should default to the PITCH frequency. But it doesn't and there is no way to make it so. The "IS 9000;" command will center the non-APF SHIFT to the PITCH frequency for a known starting point, but it doesn't work on APF.

Third, the way APF is turned ON/OFF is via a "Hold" of a button and this a toggle function. This key hold can be commanded via a macro but there isn't a command to simply say, "Turn on (or off) the APF". So it seems to me that trying to assign a function to macro key assignment just moves the toggle requirement from one key to another. Hardly seems like progress.

Wes N7WS

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> It is tough to get old and find most
> of your electronics know-how is out
> of date- so much so that creating a macro from scratch
> seems beyond my ken.
>
> APF is a very useful function, and I use it along with RIT
> as the fine
> tuning mechanism. How would one generate and execute
> as either a macro, or
> PF1/PF2, to turn on and off a "APF and RIT activated"
> function?
>
> BIll Hartman
> N6FB
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Dick Dievendorff

Re: APF Macro

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There are some samples in K3 Utility help, look for command macros in the index. I'm open to adding and annotating more samples. This isn't to discourage use of other repositories, however.

73 de Dick, K6KR

On Feb 12, 2011, at 17:14, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Age notwithstanding, many of us find messing with macros or other
> 'programming' activities right up there in desirability with hauling out the
> trash.
>
> Perhaps it would be possible for Elecraft to start building a macro library.
> Even if a macro isn't exactly what you want, it's often a lot easier to make
> a small change than to start from scratch.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:56 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] APF Macro
>
> It is tough to get old and find most of your electronics know-how is out
> of date- so much so that creating a macro from scratch seems beyond my ken.
>
> APF is a very useful function, and I use it along with RIT as the fine
> tuning mechanism. How would one generate and execute as either a macro, or
>
> PF1/PF2, to turn on and off a "APF and RIT activated" function?
>
> BIll Hartman
> N6FB
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Bill K9YEQ

Re: APF Macro

Dick,

I just took a look at the macros in the K3 utility menu... WOW. I don't
know how I missed it.

Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 9:44 PM
To: Ron D'Eau Claire
Cc: <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] APF Macro

There are some samples in K3 Utility help, look for command macros in the
index. I'm open to adding and annotating more samples. This isn't to
discourage use of other repositories, however.

73 de Dick, K6KR

On Feb 12, 2011, at 17:14, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Age notwithstanding, many of us find messing with macros or other
> 'programming' activities right up there in desirability with hauling
> out the trash.
>
> Perhaps it would be possible for Elecraft to start building a macro
library.

> Even if a macro isn't exactly what you want, it's often a lot easier
> to make a small change than to start from scratch.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:56 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] APF Macro
>
> It is tough to get old and find most of your electronics know-how is
> out of date- so much so that creating a macro from scratch seems beyond my

ken.

>
> APF is a very useful function, and I use it along with RIT as the
> fine tuning mechanism. How would one generate and execute as either
> a macro, or
>
> PF1/PF2, to turn on and off a "APF and RIT activated" function?
>
> BIll Hartman
> N6FB
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