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F key question

K0FG_Fred
K0FG_Fred Member ✭✭
in FLEX-6000 Signature Series

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

Answers

  • Neil D Friedman N3DF
    Neil D Friedman N3DF Member ✭✭✭✭

    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
    K0FG_Fred Member ✭✭


    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
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    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
    K0FG_Fred Member ✭✭

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

    Thanks

    Fred, K0FG

  • Erika - KØDD
    Erika - KØDD Member ✭✭✭

    Use the escape key.

  • Trucker
    Trucker Member ✭✭✭✭
    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

    WD5GWY

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