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k0wa@swbell.net

Power Control Setting Steps

Maybe a new feature....

A way to step through or set power out put....say at 5 - 25 - 50 - 75 - 100. I
do like to run barefoot as much as possible, but when the dx shows up and I have
to tune the amp (into a dummy load) I like to be able to switch quickly to 25
watts without cranking the knob several times to get to 25 watts. A button that
could be programed for full or low power or steps in power. I hope I am getting
the idea across here.

Now I know....several guys have made T-Pads to run the full 100 watts out from
the K3 reduce the power to the amp, but that does not work for me in my set up
with my AL-82. I was just thinking if the programming could be changed or a
macro could be made to step through different power levels.

Just an idea

Lee - K0WA

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k6dgw

Re: K3 Power Control Setting Steps

On 3/12/2011 12:28 PM, Lee Buller wrote:
> Maybe a new feature....
>
> A way to step through or set power out put....say at 5 - 25 - 50 - 75 - 100. I
> do like to run barefoot as much as possible, but when the dx shows up and I have
> to tune the amp (into a dummy load) I like to be able to switch quickly to 25
> watts without cranking the knob several times to get to 25 watts. A button that
> could be programed for full or low power or steps in power. I hope I am getting
> the idea across here.

I added "K3" to the subject line for those of us who sort our mail.

Hmmm ... I must be missing something in this discussion. There's a TUNE
PWR setting in the menu, mine is set to 15 watts. I think you can set
it to anything you want. That becomes the output power when I hold
TUNE, and results in about 150W or so from the amp [pair of GG 3-500Z's]
as I tune it. As soon as I tap XMIT and tune-mode stops, power setting
goes back to where I had it set. These days, it's about 45W for 500W
out of amp ... I'm practicing for my KPA500 :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
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>
> Now I know....several guys have made T-Pads to run the full 100 watts out from
> the K3 reduce the power to the amp, but that does not work for me in my set up
> with my AL-82. I was just thinking if the programming could be changed or a
> macro could be made to step through different power levels.
>
> Just an idea
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't
> have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any
> Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common
> Sense divine?
>
> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind.
> - John W. (Kansas)
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Mike Reublin

Re: Power Control Setting Steps

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Lee -

You can create a macro for each power level, and assign it to a button. I have one
that sets the power at 45 watts for use with the amp (buttton M4), and another to set
it to 100 watts (button M1) when I don't use the amp. And then there is the tune setting.

The K3 utility has a very fine help file on creating the macros, and assigning to
buttons.

As the old pasta sauce ad used to say "It's in there!"

73, Mike NF4L

On 3/12/2011 3:28 PM, Lee Buller wrote:

> Maybe a new feature....
>
> A way to step through or set power out put....say at 5 - 25 - 50 - 75 - 100. I
> do like to run barefoot as much as possible, but when the dx shows up and I have
> to tune the amp (into a dummy load) I like to be able to switch quickly to 25
> watts without cranking the knob several times to get to 25 watts. A button that
> could be programed for full or low power or steps in power. I hope I am getting
> the idea across here.
>
> Now I know....several guys have made T-Pads to run the full 100 watts out from
> the K3 reduce the power to the amp, but that does not work for me in my set up
> with my AL-82. I was just thinking if the programming could be changed or a
> macro could be made to step through different power levels.
>
> Just an idea
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't
> have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any
> Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common
> Sense divine?
>
> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind.
> - John W. (Kansas)
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Dick Dievendorff

Re: Power Control Setting Steps

I think Lee was asking for one "stateful" button. Press it once, it goes to
the first "stop". Press it again, it goes to the next "stop". Maybe after
three or four "stops" it cycles around.

I am thinking of some sort of mechanism that allows successive button
presses to navigate through user-programmed sequences of settings:

"14005, CW width 800", then
"14025, CW, width 400", then
"14070, RTTY, width 250",
"14195, USB, width 2400",
"14250, USB" etc.

It sounds good, but for a setting that isn't clearly on the front panel LCD
display, I think you'd probably forget where you were, so you'd end up
always pushing the one button a number of times

You can now assign different K3 switches for different macros that have no
state. That uses up the limited supply of buttons pretty quickly, though.

Dick, K6KR

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Control Setting Steps

Lee -

You can create a macro for each power level, and assign it to a button. I
have one that sets the power at 45 watts for use with the amp (buttton M4),
and another to set it to 100 watts (button M1) when I don't use the amp. And
then there is the tune setting.

The K3 utility has a very fine help file on creating the macros, and
assigning to buttons.

As the old pasta sauce ad used to say "It's in there!"

73, Mike NF4L

On 3/12/2011 3:28 PM, Lee Buller wrote:

> Maybe a new feature....
>
> A way to step through or set power out put....say at 5 - 25 - 50 - 75
> - 100. I do like to run barefoot as much as possible, but when the dx
> shows up and I have to tune the amp (into a dummy load) I like to be
> able to switch quickly to 25 watts without cranking the knob several
> times to get to 25 watts. A button that could be programed for full
> or low power or steps in power. I hope I am getting the idea across here.
>
> Now I know....several guys have made T-Pads to run the full 100 watts
> out from the K3 reduce the power to the amp, but that does not work
> for me in my set up with my AL-82. I was just thinking if the
> programming could be changed or a macro could be made to step through

different power levels.

>
> Just an idea
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.
> If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.
> If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has
> some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
>
> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my

mind.

> - John W. (Kansas)
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Lou Kolb

Re: Power Control Setting Steps

Perhaps a tone-beep with each step and then a much lower or higher tone when
you cycle back to the beginning. Lou WA3MIX
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>I think Lee was asking for one "stateful" button. Press it once, it goes
>to
> the first "stop". Press it again, it goes to the next "stop". Maybe
> after
> three or four "stops" it cycles around.
>
> I am thinking of some sort of mechanism that allows successive button
> presses to navigate through user-programmed sequences of settings:
>
> "14005, CW width 800", then
> "14025, CW, width 400", then
> "14070, RTTY, width 250",
> "14195, USB, width 2400",
> "14250, USB" etc.
>
> It sounds good, but for a setting that isn't clearly on the front panel
> LCD
> display, I think you'd probably forget where you were, so you'd end up
> always pushing the one button a number of times
>
> You can now assign different K3 switches for different macros that have no
> state. That uses up the limited supply of buttons pretty quickly, though.
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 1:01 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Control Setting Steps
>
> Lee -
>
> You can create a macro for each power level, and assign it to a button. I
> have one that sets the power at 45 watts for use with the amp (buttton
> M4),
> and another to set it to 100 watts (button M1) when I don't use the amp.
> And
> then there is the tune setting.
>
> The K3 utility has a very fine help file on creating the macros, and
> assigning to buttons.
>
> As the old pasta sauce ad used to say "It's in there!"
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
> On 3/12/2011 3:28 PM, Lee Buller wrote:
>> Maybe a new feature....
>>
>> A way to step through or set power out put....say at 5 - 25 - 50 - 75
>> - 100. I do like to run barefoot as much as possible, but when the dx
>> shows up and I have to tune the amp (into a dummy load) I like to be
>> able to switch quickly to 25 watts without cranking the knob several
>> times to get to 25 watts. A button that could be programed for full
>> or low power or steps in power. I hope I am getting the idea across
>> here.
>>
>> Now I know....several guys have made T-Pads to run the full 100 watts
>> out from the K3 reduce the power to the amp, but that does not work
>> for me in my set up with my AL-82. I was just thinking if the
>> programming could be changed or a macro could be made to step through
> different power levels.
>>
>> Just an idea
>>
>> Lee - K0WA
>>
>>
>> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.
>> If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.
>> If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has
>> some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
>>
>> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my
> mind.
>> - John W. (Kansas)
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Elecraft mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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>>
>
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Power Control Setting Steps

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Lee,

If that is your only goal --
There is a built-in key that will drop you power back to some preset
level - and that is the TUNE button.
Set the CONFIG: TUN PWR menu parameter to the power level you want - no
macro needed.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/12/2011 3:28 PM, Lee Buller wrote: