O P E R A T I N G F O R M S
C H A P T E R 5
CWX Memories
There are nine CWX memories, three of which are hidden on the extended form to the right (see
below). Each memory can hold thousands of characters and in a standard single line text box. The
numbered buttons to the left of each memory box may be clicked to start the message. A message
may be stopped at any time by clicking the
Stop (Esc)
button or pressing the
Esc
key. Starting a
message will seamlessly stop any current message or other automatically keyed transmissions from
the radio, including the iambic paddle. The keyer will start the transmitter and send the Morse code for
each character until the message ends, at which time the transmitter will shut down. Messages may be
edited at any time but the changes will not take place until the memory is started again.
Special Characters
There are several predefined characters that provide non-Morse code functionality or to send familiar
combinations like AR and SK (see Table 8 below). For beacon transmissions, the character # will send a
long 23 element time dash comparable to a zero, with the key down the whole time. Multiple #
characters can be strung together for longer continuous dashes. The $ character works in a similar
manner but generates a long 23 element time space. The “or ditto” character may be placed at the end
of a message. When encountered, the keyer will shut down for the delay time set in the
Repeat Delay
control and then restart the message. This allows you to program a CQ and then listen for a reply with
the radio back in receive. If the delay is set to zero then the message will simply repeat without the
radio switching to receive. Six special combinations are preprogrammed, as shown in Table 8.
Table 8: Overview of Special Characters
Special Character
Action
#
Beacon - transmits 23 element “zero” time dash
$
Beacon – transmits 23 element time “space”
+
AR (.-.-.)
(
KN (-.--.)
*
SK (…-.-)
!
SN (…-.)
=
BT (-…-)
\
BK (-…-.-)
&
‘ ) : ; < > [ ] ^
User definable, up to any combination of 9
contiguous dots or dashes
The remaining special characters
& ‘ ) : ; < > [ ]
and
^
are undefined and may be defined to
produce any combination of nine contiguous dots and dashes. Characters that are undefined have no
dots and dashes and are simply sent as a space.
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