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Gary Hawkins

[KX3] Morse Practice

I've just received my KX3 Morse key.

Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps
appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As
soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from
decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off
putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.

Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently,
or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm
practicing?

Gary K6YOA
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Dick Dievendorff-4

Re: [KX3] Morse Practice

You can connect the Kx3 Utility and enter a TT1; command in its command tester window to view the decode. Enter TT0; to turn it off when done.

73 de Dick, K6KR

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> On Dec 23, 2013, at 20:49, Gary Hawkins <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I've just received my KX3 Morse key.
>
> Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.
>
> Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently, or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm practicing?
>
> Gary K6YOA
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Gary Hawkins

Re: [KX3] Morse Practice

Hi Dick,

Thanks, that works a treat.

I wonder if it's worth considering a firmware update to make the KX3
better for standalone Morse practice without the terminal program. I
think all that's required is either a program or fixed delay before the
VFO B display switches from decode to freq. Probably 0.5 to 1 secs
would be sufficient if fixed delay.

Happy Holidays!

Gary K6YOA

On 12/24/2013 10:56 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:

> You can connect the Kx3 Utility and enter a TT1; command in its command tester window to view the decode. Enter TT0; to turn it off when done.
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 23, 2013, at 20:49, Gary Hawkins <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I've just received my KX3 Morse key.
>>
>> Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.
>>
>> Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently, or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm practicing?
>>
>> Gary K6YOA
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Kenneth Christiansen-2

Re: [KX3] Morse Practice

In reply to this post by Dick Dievendorff-4

Hi Dick

This is Ken W0CZ. I also wanted to make the VFO B area stay in text decode. I put TT1 in PF1 and TT0 in PF2. I can not see any difference as the VFO B still reverts back to the frequency after a short time. Did I do something wrong or did I not understand the problem you were helping Gary solve?

73

Ken W0CZ

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> On Dec 24, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> You can connect the Kx3 Utility and enter a TT1; command in its command tester window to view the decode. Enter TT0; to turn it off when done.
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 23, 2013, at 20:49, Gary Hawkins <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I've just received my KX3 Morse key.
>>
>> Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.
>>
>> Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently, or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm practicing?
>>
>> Gary K6YOA
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Gary Hawkins

Re: [KX3] Morse Practice

Hi Ken,

Dick's solution works only doing Morse decode with the KX3 utility
program. So you end up using this to view your practice Morse rather
than the VFO B display area on the KX3.

I've not found a solution yet that allows you to use the KX3 standalone
and not have the VFO B area almost immediately switch back to a
frequency display after you hesitate with your Morse practice.

Best regards,

Gary K6YOA

On 12/25/2013 8:48 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Hi Dick
>
> This is Ken W0CZ. I also wanted to make the VFO B area stay in text decode. I put TT1 in PF1 and TT0 in PF2. I can not see any difference as the VFO B still reverts back to the frequency after a short time. Did I do something wrong or did I not understand the problem you were helping Gary solve?
>
> 73
>
> Ken W0CZ
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Dec 24, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> You can connect the Kx3 Utility and enter a TT1; command in its command tester window to view the decode. Enter TT0; to turn it off when done.
>>
>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 23, 2013, at 20:49, Gary Hawkins <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've just received my KX3 Morse key.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.
>>>
>>> Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently, or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm practicing?
>>>
>>> Gary K6YOA
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Dick Dievendorff-4

Re: [KX3] Morse Practice

In reply to this post by Kenneth Christiansen-2

My TT1 suggestion applies to the text decode sent to the "terminal" which in this case can be the KX3 Utility on your PC.

I don't know how to influence the VFO B display behavior.

Merry Xmas!

Dick, K6KR

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:48, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dick
>
> This is Ken W0CZ. I also wanted to make the VFO B area stay in text decode. I put TT1 in PF1 and TT0 in PF2. I can not see any difference as the VFO B still reverts back to the frequency after a short time. Did I do something wrong or did I not understand the problem you were helping Gary solve?
>
> 73
>
> Ken W0CZ
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Dec 24, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> You can connect the Kx3 Utility and enter a TT1; command in its command tester window to view the decode. Enter TT0; to turn it off when done.
>>
>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 23, 2013, at 20:49, Gary Hawkins <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've just received my KX3 Morse key.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm only just learning Morse so my Morse is horrible and often gaps appear which are longer than the word gaps the decoder is expecting. As soon as this happens the VOX B display almost immediately changes from decoding characters to displaying frequency. This is a little off putting although obviously the KX3 is telling me my Morse is horrible.
>>>
>>> Is there a way of setting a delay so this does not happen so frequently, or better still to stop it switching back at all to frequency while I'm practicing?
>>>
>>> Gary K6YOA
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