Elecraft P3 High-Performance Panadapter Manual - Manual (Page 27)

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 Press
Enter
to use the selected memory location.
Assigning a Recall Key.
 Press the key(s) that you want to use to recall this message. In the example Editing a Message shown
below, the
ALT-B
key combination was assigned to the message. If the name of the key does not appear
when it is pressed, it has already been assigned to another message. You must choose a different key.
 Enter the text of the message. In this example the message is “Rig is an Elecraft K3 with P3/SVGA.”
Correct errors using the
Backspace
,
Ctrl-Backspace
or
Ctrl-C
keys as needed.
Editing a Message.
 When finished, press
Enter
to save the message and prepare to select the next location and enter another
message. When finished, press
Esc
to exit.
 To send a message, press the assigned key to recover any message. In this example, pressing
Alt-B
transfers the test message to the transmit text window and begins transmission.
 To edit a message, select it and return to the Assigning a Recall Key or Editing a Message screens and
make the desired changes. To erase a message select it and, at the key assignment window, press
Ctrl-C
.
Beacon Mode
Beacon mode transmits a text message repeatedly
with a time interval between each transmission. The
message is stored in memory in advance. You
choose the message and the time interval desired.
The message will be transmitted using the mode
selected at the K3: CW, RTTY, or PSK.
Set up a message to be sent as a beacon as follows:
 Store your message to be sent (see Text
Message Entry
, page 9). You can use any
memory location. Press Esc when you are
done entering the message. Note that the
key assigned to the message when you
stored it in memory is not used when
transmitting it in beacon mode. The key is
used only when manually choosing a
message to send.
 Press Ctrl-Alt-S to enter the setup screen.
 Press the down arrow key to select Beacon
Text Mem #.
 Use the right/left arrows to enter the
memory location where the beacon
message is stored. Right arrow increments
the numbers by 1 and left arrow decrements
the number by 1. Ctrl-Arrow moves the
count in steps of 10.
 Press the down arrow to Beacon Interval.
 Press the right/left arrows to select the
desired interval between transmissions.
You can select any interval between 0 and
3600 seconds (1 hour). Right arrow
increments the numbers by 1 and left arrow
decrements the number by 1. Ctrl-Arrow
moves the count in steps of 10.
 Press Esc to exit the setup screen.
 Press Ctrl-Alt-B to start the beacon
transmission. A flashing letter B will
appear in the lower right corner of the
status line.