I tried the approach below (from the Elecraft reflector) to using my K3's
DVR with WL, but the [Elecraft_K3_commands] section in writelog.ini is being
ignored.
What's happening is:
F2 K3 M1 DVR is sent, rather than M2.
F3 K3 M2 DVR is sent, rather than M3.
F4 K3 M3 DVR is sent, rather than M4.
M4 from the K3 DVR isn't being sent at all.
I am using Windows 7 with UAC on, and writelog.ini is in the
"C:\Users\Jim N7US\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\WRITELOG.INI" folder.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Jim N7US
-----Original Message-----
Fred,
I'm not sure when this feature was added but you can send commands to the
radio with the message function keys. Open the CW/RTTY/SSB Memory Setup
window and select the Help button. The radio commands are sent when you use
%GAxx in the message. The xx refers to a command number you define in
writelog.ini.
An example will show what I'm doing. I have a CQ message stored in M1 on the
K3 and want to send it using F1. My F1 message in WriteLog is %GA11. Now I
need to define command #11 in writelog.ini. I added a line to the
[Elecraft_K3_commands] section that says:
Macro_11=SWT21;
You need to start at command number 11 or higher because 0 through 10 are
reserved. The SWT21; comes directly from the K3 Programmer's Reference.
I have defined five macros in writelog.ini so far, one for each of the M1-M4
buttons and one for the REC button to use as a way to kill a message being
sent. So my file looks like this:
[Elecraft_K3_commands]
Macro_11=SWT21;
Macro_12=SWT31;
Macro_13=SWT35;
Macro_14=SWT39;
Macro_19=SWT37;
The message for F9 is %GA19 and I reassign the ESC key to send Message 9 to
make it work like CW.
As others have said the ESC key is a bit of a kludge and could cause
problems if it is hit when a message is not playing. But the worst case is
you would have to hit it again to reset before hitting another message key.
I'm still trying to find a way to used both memory banks but so far no go.
73,
Pat K0PC
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