# Edit CW Memories

The K3 has two banks of four "CW Message Memories" which may be used for CW or Data mode messages. Each message may be as long as 250 characters.

Common CW prosigns may be stored by using the special characters indicated.

Symbol | Prosign | Morse
--- | --- | ---
_ | AA | (.-.-)
+ | AR | (.-.-.)
% | AS | (.-...)
= | BT | (-...-)
( | KN | (-.--.)
* | SK | (...-.-)
! | VE | (...-.)

A tilde (~) represents a half-space character, which may be used to add additional spacing between characters.

A vertical bar "|" encodes the "immediate exit" character IM (..--) that may be stored in a CW memory to quickly stop a Data mode transmission. It has no effect on CW transmission. Characters to the right of a vertical bar are not written during Save.

The input areas support the Windows standard clipboard operations Select All (Ctrl+A), Copy (Ctrl+C), Cut (Ctrl+X), and Paste (Ctrl+V).

These memories are transmitted by pressing M1 through M4 on the K3 front panel. Switch banks by holding the REC button.

See the CW Message Record/Play topic in the Basic Operation, CW mode section of the Elecraft K3 Owner's Manual.