F key question

K0FG_Fred · August 2023

Have a 6400M with latest SSDR. When I press one of the F keys to send a recorded message is there a way to halt the transmission of that message? I'm using mostly cw but I imagine it would be the same for any mode.

Fred, K0FG

Neil D Friedman N3DF · August 2023

I have not tried it, but Sec 37.7 of the 6400M/6600M User Guide says “a second long or short press (of an “F” button) reverses the action of the first press.”

K0FG_Fred · August 2023

Yes Neil that is what it says in the user manual but it does not work for me.

I push the F1 key and it xmits my callsign. While the radio is sending I hit the F1 key a second time and it stacks a repeat of my callsign and sends it as soon as the first transmission is completed. So my call is sent twice. Same thing happens with a long press of the F keys. So I hit the F1 key and then hit it a second time and then hit the F1 key long press, just to try it a different way. The radio sent my call twice and then sent the exchange, which is what is stored in F1 long press.

Does a second short or long press work for anyone else? Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Fred, K0FG

KD0RC · August 2023

The second tap of the F key does not stop a message for me either. What does work is a tap of the key or paddles. It stops the transmission of the message immediately.

K0FG_Fred · August 2023

Yes that does stop the message during transmission. Maybe an update to the manual is in order?

Thanks

Fred, K0FG

Erika - KØDD · August 2023

Use the escape key.

Trucker · August 2023

https://community.flexradio.com/discussion/comment/20605103#Comment_20605103

Where would the Escape key be located on a 6400M or a 6600M?

I have never seen one on mine. Maybe, that works in SmartSDR for Windows. But, not the front panel.

James

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