We'll be moving to a new QTH soon.  I've been working out of town and all antennas, radios and amplifiers have been temporarily decomissioned.

We have found a home with more property, no zoning restriction and zero restrictive covenants.  I hope to be back on the air sometime in December 2012.

The new location will be in grid FM05lp, just south or Raleigh, NC.  

First of all, let me say that the LDG AT-1000 "Auto" tuner is not automatic, at all.

Sure, I don't have to turn inductance and capacitance dials, but it doesn't auto-tune if the SWR is above a pre-set threshold.

I'll be on the lookout for a new 1Kw (or higher) Auto-Tuner which will.

That being said, I managed a way to create custom buttons in Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) to do the following:

• Select Antenna #1 (Primary antenna)
• Switch my Yaesu FT-950 to AM mode (AM Carrier RF Power set to 20W via Menu 112)
• Key the PTT (Enable MOX)
• Wait 5 seconds
• Unkey PTT (disable MOX)
• Return to LSB or USB mode

Here's the HRD CAT Macro for the FT-950.  If you have a different rig which supports CAT control, this should work with you with minor modification.

If you have an FT-950, create a new CAT macro and copy and paste this into the command box.

AN01
MD05
MX1
@ 5000
MX0
MD01

That's it!  Below is a description of what each command does.  You may need to change some, or all of them to fit your operating conditions.

AN01 - Select Antenna 1

MD05 - Switch Mode to AM (Power level from Menu 112 will be used for AM carrier)

MX1 - Key PTT via MOX

@ 5000 (Wait ~5 seconds)

MX0 - Unkey PTT via disabling MOX

MD01 - Switch to LSB mode (this can be set to MD02 for USB)

I have two macros, identical except for the last line to determine which SSB mode the radio ends up in. (Poor grammar, I know)

Then you can go into HRD's "Customise Layout" menu (CTRL+F8 or Tools --> Customise Layout) and map the two CAT commands that you just created to a button. 

I mapped my tune macros to NB1 and NB2, I believe.  There may be a better way, but that was quick, and I don't use those buttons anyway.

If you need more information, please email me at adam (@) K3BTF.com.

73

Adam

My logbook is automatically (immediately) uploaded to HRDLog.net. You can see my last 10 QSOs here as well as a map.

View my latest contacts here.

I got an email and attached proof of my new QSL cards today. The cards were created and printed by Randy Dorman (KB3IFH). They're $100 for 1000 cards ($0.10 each in qty). Smaller quantities are available.

You can check out his site here at KB3IFH QSL Cards

I went with a "canned" front design, rather than upload/email my own image. The shack is still pretty unorganized and still lacking some essential equipment (i.e. 1Kw+ Amplifier). It could also use a good cleaning before plastering pictures all over 1000 QSL cards that I'll have to stare at for years.

Here's the final design.

FRONT

BACK

I added a K3BTF WX page here at K3BTF Wx

You can check me out when the station is On-Air.

Sometimes there's audio, sometimes there's video, occasionally we luck out and get both.

Visit it here at K3BTF On-Air

This is a new site.  I'll be adding to it when I can.

K3BTF is an amateur radio station located in Connellsville, PA (Grid: FN00ea).