K3: PSK 31 What do I need?

[Jay-86]

About to order the KRX3 and upgrades for my #1288 and would like to work
psk31 off my computer screen.... Do I need to order anything else or
specific software to make this happen?
Thanks.  W6JDB
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[Greg - AB7R]

Absolutely nothing.  You can work PSK31 with just the basic K3 either directly with
your CW paddles using data mode PSK-D, or with your favorite software with a couple
audio cables between the K3 and the computer soundcard.  You can set up PTT using
the same K3 RS232 connection to the computer.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Fri Mar 13  6:09 , Jay  sent:

>About to order the KRX3 and upgrades for my #1288 and would like to work
>psk31 off my computer screen.... Do I need to order anything else or
>specific software to make this happen?
>Thanks.  W6JDB
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[Greg - AB7R]

Absolutely nothing.  You can work PSK31 with just the basic K3 either directly with
your CW paddles using data mode PSK-D, or with your favorite software with a couple
audio cables between the K3 and the computer soundcard.  You can set up PTT using
the same K3 RS232 connection to the computer.

-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Fri Mar 13  6:09 , Jay  sent:

>About to order the KRX3 and upgrades for my #1288 and would like to work
>psk31 off my computer screen.... Do I need to order anything else or
>specific software to make this happen?
>Thanks.  W6JDB
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[Greg - AB7R]

BTW...if you are going to use you computer for PSK...you need to have the K3 data
mode set to DATA-A and make sure your MIC SEL menu is set for Line-In.

-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Fri Mar 13  6:09 , Jay  sent:

>About to order the KRX3 and upgrades for my #1288 and would like to work
>psk31 off my computer screen.... Do I need to order anything else or
>specific software to make this happen?
>Thanks.  W6JDB
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[Jim Brown-10]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:09:40 -0700, Jay wrote:

> Do I need to order anything else or
>specific software to make this happen?

Everything you need in the radio to run PSK or RTTY is part of the
basic K3. No extras required. You can even run PSK or RTTY by
sending with a paddle and letting the K3 decode for you. I have
worked DXpeditions that way, and a few souls have even worked
contests that way (I don't recommend it).

For more serious PSK or RTTY work, you will want to use your
computer sound card to generate the RTTY or PSK tones and to
decode the tones. Most guys who use only RTTY use MMTTY, a
freeware program that works by itself for general QSOs and
integrates with several contest loggers (Writelog, N1MM) for
contests. For PSK, the nicest software I know of is DM780, also
freeware, distributed by the guy who wrote Ham Radio Deluxe, a
very nice radio control program, also freeware. All of this stuff
is easy to use and install on your computer.  

To use this software, you will need three cables between your
computer and the K3. You need a serial cable for radio control, a
cable from the sound card output to the radio input, and one from
the radio output to the sound card input. You should also do the
simple chassis bonding shown in my Power Point.

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf

It's also explained in words in Chapter 8 of

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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