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W6ODJ

[K144XV] [K3] Programmable memory?

Just finished installing a K144XV + K144RFLK in my older K3. Had to exchange for a KXV3a also. Went well and everything appears to work as advertised. But, let me tell you, this exercise renewed and deepened my hatred for those TMP coax connectors. I accept what Wayne says about their reliability. But, they sure are a capital P in the A to plug and unplug! Price of excellence.

Am now programming the local repeaters into the memory locations. This is not quite as tedious as manually programming a BaoFeng UV5r, but it is really close. And the BaoFeng can be programmed using a nice utility called CHIRP that lets you enter settings in a spreadsheet and then press a button to transfer them en bloc.

Not so for the K3. You have to do it all by hand. Which brings me to my point. Could there be a couple of programmer's commands added to set the memories? Then maybe someone could write a nice Python program to do it with a computer, or maybe port CHIRP. Maybe something like:
ZFxxx145.3205; (set frequency)
ZTxxx088.5+; (set tone)
ZLxxx*W1AW; (set label)
where the xxx stands for memory slot 000 to 099.

Also, while I'm at it, why are there only 5 slots in the label? After the "*", there are only four free. Not enough for a typical call sign, or much of anything else. Maybe that is due to memory limitations?

Taking the K3 apart and putting it back together reminded me what a lovely, precision piece of equipment it really is. Amazing what fits in that little box!

Thanks for reading this far.

Oliver
W6ODJ

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Phil Wheeler-2

Re: [K144XV] [K3] Programmable memory?

You can't program those memories with the
utilities on the computer, Oliver?

73, Phil W7OX

On 3/31/14, 7:46 PM, Oliver Johns wrote:

> Just finished installing a K144XV + K144RFLK in my older K3. Had to exchange for a KXV3a also. Went well and everything appears to work as advertised. But, let me tell you, this exercise renewed and deepened my hatred for those TMP coax connectors. I accept what Wayne says about their reliability. But, they sure are a capital P in the A to plug and unplug! Price of excellence.
>
> Am now programming the local repeaters into the memory locations. This is not quite as tedious as manually programming a BaoFeng UV5r, but it is really close. And the BaoFeng can be programmed using a nice utility called CHIRP that lets you enter settings in a spreadsheet and then press a button to transfer them en bloc.
>
> Not so for the K3. You have to do it all by hand. Which brings me to my point. Could there be a couple of programmer's commands added to set the memories? Then maybe someone could write a nice Python program to do it with a computer, or maybe port CHIRP. Maybe something like:
> ZFxxx145.3205; (set frequency)
> ZTxxx088.5+; (set tone)
> ZLxxx*W1AW; (set label)
> where the xxx stands for memory slot 000 to 099.
>
> Also, while I'm at it, why are there only 5 slots in the label? After the "*", there are only four free. Not enough for a typical call sign, or much of anything else. Maybe that is due to memory limitations?
>
> Taking the K3 apart and putting it back together reminded me what a lovely, precision piece of equipment it really is. Amazing what fits in that little box!
>
> Thanks for reading this far.
>
> Oliver
> W6ODJ

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Dick Dievendorff-4

Re: [K144XV] [K3] Programmable memory?

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http://www.elecraft.com/K3/FreqMemEdit/K3_Freq_Mem_Editor.htm

73 de Dick, K6KR

> On Mar 31, 2014, at 19:46, Oliver Johns <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Just finished installing a K144XV + K144RFLK in my older K3. Had to exchange for a KXV3a also. Went well and everything appears to work as advertised. But, let me tell you, this exercise renewed and deepened my hatred for those TMP coax connectors. I accept what Wayne says about their reliability. But, they sure are a capital P in the A to plug and unplug! Price of excellence.
>
> Am now programming the local repeaters into the memory locations. This is not quite as tedious as manually programming a BaoFeng UV5r, but it is really close. And the BaoFeng can be programmed using a nice utility called CHIRP that lets you enter settings in a spreadsheet and then press a button to transfer them en bloc.
>
> Not so for the K3. You have to do it all by hand. Which brings me to my point. Could there be a couple of programmer's commands added to set the memories? Then maybe someone could write a nice Python program to do it with a computer, or maybe port CHIRP. Maybe something like:
> ZFxxx145.3205; (set frequency)
> ZTxxx088.5+; (set tone)
> ZLxxx*W1AW; (set label)
> where the xxx stands for memory slot 000 to 099.
>
> Also, while I'm at it, why are there only 5 slots in the label? After the "*", there are only four free. Not enough for a typical call sign, or much of anything else. Maybe that is due to memory limitations?
>
> Taking the K3 apart and putting it back together reminded me what a lovely, precision piece of equipment it really is. Amazing what fits in that little box!
>
> Thanks for reading this far.
>
> Oliver
> W6ODJ
>
>
>
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W6ODJ

Re: [K144XV] [K3] Programmable memory?

Thanks, Dick. Also thanks to Brian Hunt. Will try that.

--Oliver
W6ODJ

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> On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/K3/FreqMemEdit/K3_Freq_Mem_Editor.htm
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 19:46, Oliver Johns <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Just finished installing a K144XV + K144RFLK in my older K3. Had to exchange for a KXV3a also. Went well and everything appears to work as advertised. But, let me tell you, this exercise renewed and deepened my hatred for those TMP coax connectors. I accept what Wayne says about their reliability. But, they sure are a capital P in the A to plug and unplug! Price of excellence.
>>
>> Am now programming the local repeaters into the memory locations. This is not quite as tedious as manually programming a BaoFeng UV5r, but it is really close. And the BaoFeng can be programmed using a nice utility called CHIRP that lets you enter settings in a spreadsheet and then press a button to transfer them en bloc.
>>
>> Not so for the K3. You have to do it all by hand. Which brings me to my point. Could there be a couple of programmer's commands added to set the memories? Then maybe someone could write a nice Python program to do it with a computer, or maybe port CHIRP. Maybe something like:
>> ZFxxx145.3205; (set frequency)
>> ZTxxx088.5+; (set tone)
>> ZLxxx*W1AW; (set label)
>> where the xxx stands for memory slot 000 to 099.
>>
>> Also, while I'm at it, why are there only 5 slots in the label? After the "*", there are only four free. Not enough for a typical call sign, or much of anything else. Maybe that is due to memory limitations?
>>
>> Taking the K3 apart and putting it back together reminded me what a lovely, precision piece of equipment it really is. Amazing what fits in that little box!
>>
>> Thanks for reading this far.
>>
>> Oliver
>> W6ODJ
>>
>>
>>
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