KX1 Morse Memories - Suggestion

[Martin Gillen-2]

Hi,

I've been finding that the keyer memories in the KX1 are a bit too
small for my basic CQ call when I'm pedestrian mobile.  I'd like to be
able to call "CQ CQ CQ CQ CQ CQ DE VA3SIE/PM VA3SIE/PM K".  Sometimes
when conditions are poor maybe another 3 or 4 CQs too!  I have to
resort to loading the CQ calls in one memory and the "DE VA3SIE" part
in the other, which usually means there's a bit of a pause in my CQ
call.

I suggest that it would be a really nice and simple(?) feature to be
able to chain the two memories together so that the KX1 would send the
contents of the first memory and then the contents of the second, (and
repeat if so requested).

This could be signalled by the user by a double press of the memory button, eg.

Current behaviour:

Quickly Press 'A', 'B' - Send first memory.
Quickly Press 'A', 'C' - Send second memory.
Quickly Press 'A', Long press 'B' - Send first memory & repeat.
Quickly Press 'A', Long press 'C' - Send second memory & repeat.

Additional commands:

Quickly Press 'A', 'B', 'B' - Send first memory then second memory.
Quickly Press 'A', 'C', 'C' - Send second memory then first memory.
Quickly Press 'A', 'B', Long press 'B' - Send first memory then second
memory & repeat.
Quickly Press 'A', 'C', Long press 'C' - Send second memory then first
memory & repeat.

I expect the firmware is pretty cramped already though, but I can dream :)

Or maybe I just missed it in the instructions?  I must say I had
missed the "beacon mode" before and was that ever a nice surprise when
I stumbled on it!

73,
Martin.
VA3SIE.
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[sergio t. ruiz]

Martin Gillen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been finding that the keyer memories in the KX1 are a bit too
> small for my basic CQ call when I'm pedestrian mobile.  I'd like to be

i have to ask...

what kind of antenna do you use for pedestrian mobile?
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www.village-buzz.com
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[IK4YNG]

 Hi,
My KX-1 has the internal tuner option. What I have for antenna is a 24 feet
length of small wire, plus another 15 feet as a counterpoise. I attach a big
bolt (actually a nut) to the wire ant throw it up a tree, ten toss the
counterpoise in the opposite direction. I have a tiny paddle connected to
the right side of the KX-1 with a strip of Velcro, see :
http://www.mtechnologies.com/palm/index.htm and a pack of 8 L91 Lithium
batteries, giving me nearly 3AH at about 13V with a weight that's only 50%
than alkaline. My headset comes from an Ipod, and it's the kind that you put
inside your ears giving some acoustical insulation from the local noise. All
that stuff fits nicely on one of my vest's pockets.
After finishing my QSO, I pull down the wire and away we go. If the wire is
stuck in the tree I'll leave it there and it will be good again tomorrow...
And I have a spare one with me. I can easily connect all of Europe (from
Italy) since that kind of wire works as a NVIS antenna, if you keep it on a
slope, at least on 30 and 40 meters (I have that 3080 option too...)

Never got so much fun. The only drawback, if I fail to spread some QSL
around me, and maybe a copy or two of QST, usually after some little time a
Carabinieri Patrol pops up, politely asking me what I'm doing there with
black boxes and dangling wires.... Not a big problem, if it wasn't for the
couple of Snipers that usually I can see lurking from behind a black van,
targeting my brains on a Riflescope. I'm seriously considering to bring a
big flag with me, explaining what's my purpose in advance.

Cheers,
IK4YNG Paolo

 

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i have to ask...

what kind of antenna do you use for pedestrian mobile?
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[Martin Gillen-2]

Hi, Sergio/Paolo.

Sergio asked:

> what kind of antenna do you use for pedestrian mobile?

You can find full details of my pedestrian mobile antenna here:

http://web.ncf.ca/fj620/contests/fybo2007/

Paolo Said:

> What I have for antenna is a 24 feet length of small wire, plus another 15 feet as a counterpoise.

Yes, me too, that's always in my backpack... I use an elastic band
between the end of the wire and the weight because it's usually the
weight which gets caught when I try to pull the wire back out of the
tree.  I've had a lot of fun making contact with this simple "Elecraft
Recommended" antenna :)

You're right about those ipod-style headphones too, I use Sony
Fontopia earbuds which are the same design and I love them.

What kind of antenna do you use for the 80m option, Paolo?  I use a
135ft dipole with light twinlead feeder but it only works on 80m, no
40/30/20, so I'm going to try an OCF dipole for all KX1 bands soon.

> if it wasn't for the couple of Snipers that usually I can see lurking from behind a black van,
targeting my brains on a Riflescope

Yikes!!  I never had THAT experience (yet?)  The closest I came was
sitting in a park around midnight, totally in the dark, using the
little white LED for logging, and a couple of police on bicycles
stopped by to see what I was up to.  I was really glad that my antenna
wire was almost vertical straight up from my camp chair to the tree,
so those police did not catch the wire in their bike wheels!

I hooked up a speaker and they were pleased to listen to me make a CW contact :)

73 & Good luck with the brains targeting scope :(
Martin.
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