K3 RTTY in WPX

[Geoff Cottrell G3XGC]

Been having a ball with the CW->RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so far
getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut off the
last 4 sec of "dead" time by sending (.._ _) at end of message, as per
manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space
between calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC G3XGC etc...). Anyone
know what the spacing character is?
73
Geoff G3XGC
K3 225
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[Greg - AB7R]

Geoff,

What version of firmware are you using?  This was a problem a couple
versions back but was fixed.

73
Greg
AB7R


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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 RTTY in WPX


Been having a ball with the CW->RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so far
getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut off the
last 4 sec of "dead" time by sending (.._ _) at end of message, as per
manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space
between calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC G3XGC etc...). Anyone
know what the spacing character is?
73
Geoff G3XGC
K3 225
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[David Pratt-2]

In a recent message, Geoff Cottrell G3XGC <[hidden email]> writes
>But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space between
>calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC G3XGC etc...). Anyone know
>what the spacing character is?

No problem with version 1.66 firmware, Geoff.

73
--
David G4DMP
Leeds, England, UK


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[Tom Hammond-2]

Geoff:

This SHOULD have been corrected in a firmware release... actually
probably SEVERAL
releases ago... have you been updating your K3 firmware?

Cheere,

Tom  N0SS

At 11:34 02/10/2008, you wrote:

>Been having a ball with the CW->RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so
>far getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut
>off the last 4 sec of "dead" time by sending (.._ _) at end of
>message, as per manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently
>there is no space between calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC
>G3XGC etc...). Anyone know what the spacing character is?
>73
>Geoff G3XGC
>K3 225
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[Ed Muns, W0YK]

> Been having a ball with the CW->RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so far
> getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut off the
> last 4 sec of "dead" time by sending (.._ _) at end of message, as per
> manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space
> between calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC G3XGC etc...). Anyone
> know what the spacing character is?
> 73
> Geoff G3XGC
> K3 225

This was fixed in a later revision of the firmware.  Update your K3 and the
spaces will be transmitted properly.

73,
Ed - P49X (W0YK)

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