Macro

[Jim McCook W6YA]

This is a K-3 macro that I find useful for general DXing.

To start, assume you are calling a DX station that has several other
callers.You may have used your RIT or XIT or both, in order to get his
attention on the best frequency.Suddenly he announces that he's
listening "up." You need to "split," and fast, in order to be one of the
first callers.You also must turn off the RIT/XIT, bring both receivers
to the same frequency, and start tuning the pileup with the sub receiver.

The other situation is that you arrive on frequency when the DX station
is already listening to a pileup higher in frequency.The drill is
similar.  In both these situations you must remember to turn off the
split afterward.

By pushing one button, such as PF1, you initiate a macro that does the
following:

   1. Clears the RIT and/or XIT
   2. Turns off RIT and XIT in case they were on
   3. A>B (all) so both main and sub receiver are identical (if filters
      are identical)
   4. Turn on the sub receiver
   5. Move the main receiver up 2 Khz.

Here is the string:

RC;RT0;XT0;SWT13;SWT13;SB1;UP5;

L mix R is set to A Ab.Now you use the _main_ receiver to tune the
pileup and transmit to the DX station.You did not use the SPLIT button.
By avoiding its use you reduce the chance for transmitting on the wrong
frequency later if you forget to turn it off.You transmit where you are
listening in the pileup with the main vfo.

To return to normal, simply toggle the sub receiver off with a single
keystroke.

73, Jim
W6YA


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[w7ij]

This macro is very useful; however, it can get you into a little trouble
with the UP UP Cops if you are in split mode when you access the macro and
forget to turn split off.  The cure is to add the FT0 command to the end of
the string.  This will take you out of split and does nothing if you are not
in split mode.

RC;RT0;XT0;SWT13;SWT13;SB1;UP5;FT0;

Thanks to Jim for a very nice macro.

Bill - w7ij

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McCook [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:52 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Macro

This is a K-3 macro that I find useful for general DXing.

To start, assume you are calling a DX station that has several other
callers.You may have used your RIT or XIT or both, in order to get his
attention on the best frequency.Suddenly he announces that he's
listening "up." You need to "split," and fast, in order to be one of the
first callers.You also must turn off the RIT/XIT, bring both receivers
to the same frequency, and start tuning the pileup with the sub receiver.

The other situation is that you arrive on frequency when the DX station
is already listening to a pileup higher in frequency.The drill is
similar.  In both these situations you must remember to turn off the
split afterward.

By pushing one button, such as PF1, you initiate a macro that does the
following:

   1. Clears the RIT and/or XIT
   2. Turns off RIT and XIT in case they were on
   3. A>B (all) so both main and sub receiver are identical (if filters
      are identical)
   4. Turn on the sub receiver
   5. Move the main receiver up 2 Khz.

Here is the string:

RC;RT0;XT0;SWT13;SWT13;SB1;UP5;

L mix R is set to A Ab.Now you use the _main_ receiver to tune the
pileup and transmit to the DX station.You did not use the SPLIT button.
By avoiding its use you reduce the chance for transmitting on the wrong
frequency later if you forget to turn it off.You transmit where you are
listening in the pileup with the main vfo.

To return to normal, simply toggle the sub receiver off with a single
keystroke.

73, Jim
W6YA


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