Storing And Sending Rig Macros - QRPworks K-Board User Manual

Storing and Sending Rig Macros

Using the Elecraft "K3S, K3, KX3 & KX2 Programmers
Reference" (download-able from the Manuals and Downloads
section of the Elecraft website), you can write and store one or
more commands to the rig. Note there are plenty of defined
macros available on the Internet Just search for K3 macros.
These sets of commands, or "rig macros" as they are called,
can be used to command the rig to do just about anything and
are very handy.
For instance, you could set up a macro to:

Go to a frequency, mode, set the power level, turn off
RIT and XIT, say for PSK or RTTY

Put the rig into Split mode, with VFO B 1 KHz above
VFO A
While the rig allows you to store some macros, the K-Board
expands that by allowing you to create and store 20 macros, 80
characters each in the K-Board, and executing them with a
simple keystroke.
Similar to Messages, Rig Macros are stored and sent using the
function keys, F1 to F10 and Alt-F1 to Alt-F10. But rig macros
are different as they MUST start with a period (.) as the very
first character. Note these 20 locations are shared with Text
Messages.
Rig Macros always start with a period (.) as the very first
character. Messages do not. The period tells the K-Board
to send the data as commands to the rig, and not text to be
transmitted.
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