K3 Internal keyer question

[Gary Smith]

It's official, my fledgling K3 gets delivered today (It's 1:30AM so
it'll be a while yet). I am definitely having a good day.  :)

As to CW & the K3...

I use iambic paddles. I Always used keyers based on the Curtis 8044
like the Ham Keyer HK5A. I still do. I remember the TenTec internal
keyer was a different kind of logic and I had a terrible time with
it. If I remember correctly, it had an issue with extra dits getting
inserted at the end of certain characters. I went back to the "Ham
Keyer".

Anyone know if the keying logic that's internal to the K3 is the same
logic as the Ham Keyer HK5A? It would be wonderful to be able to plug
the iambic paddles into the K3, shelve the HK5A and have one less
item on my desk.

Thanks,

Gary
KA1J
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[wayne burdick]

Gary Smith wrote:

> As to CW & the K3...
>
> I use iambic paddles. I Always used keyers based on the Curtis 8044
> like the Ham Keyer HK5A. I still do. I remember the TenTec internal
> keyer was a different kind of logic and I had a terrible time with
> it. If I remember correctly, it had an issue with extra dits getting
> inserted at the end of certain characters. I went back to the "Ham
> Keyer".
>
> Anyone know if the keying logic that's internal to the K3 is the same
> logic as the Ham Keyer HK5A? It would be wonderful to be able to plug
> the iambic paddles into the K3, shelve the HK5A and have one less
> item on my desk.

Hi Gary,

The keyer state machine in the K3 firmware emulates the Curtis keyer
chip if you set IAMBIC = A in the CONFIG menu (default). It emulates
the "Super CMOS" keyer's mode B if you set IAMBIC = B. Based on your
description, I think you'd like mode A.

Some K3 owners have asked for emulations closer to other keyers.
Firmware can be changed ("small matter of programming"). Enough said ;)

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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[DK4XL]

Hi Wayne,

you couldn't change it to a speed of 60 or 70+ wpm ?

Martin
DK4XL
K3 #2199

>Some K3 owners have asked for emulations closer to other keyers.
>Firmware can be changed ("small matter of programming"). Enough said ;)

>73,
>Wayne
>N6KR

[Gary Smith]

Wayne,

Perfect! That's exactly what I was hoping for.

Santa comes in many guises, indeed!

Thanks!

73,

Gary
KA1J

> > As to CW & the K3...
> >
> > I use iambic paddles. I Always used keyers based on the Curtis 8044
> > like the Ham Keyer HK5A. I still do. I remember the TenTec internal
> > keyer was a different kind of logic and I had a terrible time with
> > it. If I remember correctly, it had an issue with extra dits getting
> > inserted at the end of certain characters. I went back to the "Ham
> > Keyer".
> >
> > Anyone know if the keying logic that's internal to the K3 is the same
> > logic as the Ham Keyer HK5A? It would be wonderful to be able to plug
> > the iambic paddles into the K3, shelve the HK5A and have one less
> > item on my desk.
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> The keyer state machine in the K3 firmware emulates the Curtis keyer
> chip if you set IAMBIC = A in the CONFIG menu (default). It emulates
> the "Super CMOS" keyer's mode B if you set IAMBIC = B. Based on your
> description, I think you'd like mode A.
>
> Some K3 owners have asked for emulations closer to other keyers.
> Firmware can be changed ("small matter of programming"). Enough said ;)
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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[Kari Sillanmaki]

> Some K3 owners have asked for emulations closer to other keyers.
> Firmware can be changed ("small matter of programming"). Enough said ;)

Wayne,

To me that looks like a promise to incorporate Ultimactic keying
to K3 (  -- soon -- ? )

I sure hope so. I have my K3 #310 and my HexKey #341 just
waiting for that Ultimatic SW-release.

Meanwhile I just have to settle for some other digital
activity -- hmm, seems that there's a HELL contest tomorrow.
Perhaps I'll try that...

73's de Kari
oh2gqc