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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>Correspondents have requested
features for rig control which are currently not available in Win-test
($CLEARRIT is my favourite). Some of them could be implemented by a method
which I suggested a year or two ago.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>Allow an F1, F2 (+additional
messages) command such as $USERMACRO1, $USERMACRO2, etc. These would take
macros from a user-defined file called USERMACRO.xxx, which might be pre-loaded
into Win-test memory, and look something like:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>[1]</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif"
color=#808080>123,456,222,111</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif"
color=#808080>111,444,777,222</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>[2]</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif"
color=#808080>543,234,222,111</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>etc.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>These are octal or hex commands
which would be sent to the rig when the appropriate $-command is reached,
and could do almost anything you want. Of course, if you make a mistake,
you could completely crash the rig, but it would be "at your own
risk".</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>This would take the pressure
off for rig-specific changes, allowing more general features, perhaps. Of
course, it would also be useful at the same time to be able to map user-defined
keys (in "Redefine keyboard keys") to specific "additional messages" to make
this even more general in application.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>73,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Serif" color=#808080>Ed,
GW3SQX</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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