Overview
07/09/2026, version 1.18.1.6
K4: S-Meter Recorder is a small RFI hunting tool, designed for the Elecraft K4 radio. It polls the radio collecting S-Meter readings, and then writes those readings to a “CSV” file. This allows you to open the file with a spreadsheet program and create graphs of your RFI. Seeing a graph of RFI vs. time is useful in that it helps you while you are hunting for the source. To see what the program looks like, click the image to the left. That will expand it…
If you agree to use the program at your own risk press the “I agree” button below, and that will start the download.
INSTALL NOTE:
You must place the folder containing MacroMaster in a directory Windows can write to. I suggest creating a folder in Documents, or on the desktop, etc., then shortcutting the .exe file to your desktop. If you place the software someplace like the Programs folder, it will fail to write a state file on close, and die…
Use:
The first time you use the program, it will force you to enter your callsign, and the serial number of your K4. Upon starting K4 MacroMaster, and after the initial setup where you supplied your radio serial number and callsign, (it will also accept the IP number of your K4 as well, and that is a bit faster in use), K4 MacroMaster will present you with a screen full of buttons. Each button will fire a single, or group, of macros to the K4, via a telnet connection. Each button is labeled with the function it performs.
Installation:
Download and place the install zip file on your desktop, and right click, then select EXTRACT from the pop up menu. This will place a sub directory, (folder), on your desktop holding all the needed files to run MacroMaster. You can leave it there, or move it to where you want it to live. If you move it, remember to create a shortcut to where you want to launch it from. If you leave it in place, just double left click the .exe file to run the program.
Notice:
In many cases windows will tag the downloaded file as a virus, this zip archive contains an EXE file, and as such Windows thinks it might be a risk. In general this is not a bad idea, in this case, I have no known virus infections at this time, and my software should not contain a virus.
See this article on this subject, and how to add an exclusion to you system for this file.
Legal Agreement:
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