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Jim McCook W6YA

Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

Last year N6ML came up with a great scheme for using 4 function keys on
the keyboard with N1MM to key the KDVR3 on SSB. I used it afterward in
the CQWW SSB contest, and it worked flawlessly. Now, for some reason,
it won't work in this ARRL SSB DX contest. The entry in N1MM for those
keys had been memorized:

*F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT21;}*

*F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT31;}*

*F3 Thanks!,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT35;}*

*F4 {MYCALL},{CATA1ASC K31;SWT39;}*

I can't understand why they won't work now, when they did before. I can
punch the M1-M4 buttons on the K-3 and they work fine. I've tried all
the settings I can imagine in both N1MM and PTT-key in the K-3. N1MM
has so many different ways to configure everything that it's completely
confusing at all times. Now I notice another problem. While in SSB
mode, I change mode to CW and the whole radio locks up. Another way
this lock up occurs is going to the config menu. The radio locks up
and I see this in the display:

AUTO
Keypper

I can't find anything in the manual that mentions this error message.
The K-3 is completely unusable so I am changing to another radio.

Does anyone have a clue where to go with this mess? I sure would hate
to do a complete reset and lose all my settings.

73, Jim
W6YA

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N7US

Re: Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

Jim,

They look right comparing them to http://www.dseven.org/ar/n1mm-kdvr3 .

Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----

Last year N6ML came up with a great scheme for using 4 function keys on
the keyboard with N1MM to key the KDVR3 on SSB. I used it afterward in
the CQWW SSB contest, and it worked flawlessly. Now, for some reason,
it won't work in this ARRL SSB DX contest. The entry in N1MM for those
keys had been memorized:

*F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT21;}*

*F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT31;}*

*F3 Thanks!,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT35;}*

*F4 {MYCALL},{CATA1ASC K31;SWT39;}*

I can't understand why they won't work now, when they did before. I can
punch the M1-M4 buttons on the K-3 and they work fine. I've tried all
the settings I can imagine in both N1MM and PTT-key in the K-3. N1MM
has so many different ways to configure everything that it's completely
confusing at all times. Now I notice another problem. While in SSB
mode, I change mode to CW and the whole radio locks up. Another way
this lock up occurs is going to the config menu. The radio locks up
and I see this in the display:

AUTO
Keypper

I can't find anything in the manual that mentions this error message.
The K-3 is completely unusable so I am changing to another radio.

Does anyone have a clue where to go with this mess? I sure would hate
to do a complete reset and lose all my settings.

73, Jim
W6YA

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Greg - AB7R

Re: Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

Try {CAT1ASC K31;SWT21;} etc. etc. I think you have an extra "A" in there.

73
Greg
AB7R

On 3/6/2010 4:07 PM, Jim McDonald wrote:

> Jim,
>
> They look right comparing them to http://www.dseven.org/ar/n1mm-kdvr3 .
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> Last year N6ML came up with a great scheme for using 4 function keys on
> the keyboard with N1MM to key the KDVR3 on SSB. I used it afterward in
> the CQWW SSB contest, and it worked flawlessly. Now, for some reason,
> it won't work in this ARRL SSB DX contest. The entry in N1MM for those
> keys had been memorized:
>
> *F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT21;}*
>
> *F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT31;}*
>
> *F3 Thanks!,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT35;}*
>
> *F4 {MYCALL},{CATA1ASC K31;SWT39;}*
>
> I can't understand why they won't work now, when they did before. I can
> punch the M1-M4 buttons on the K-3 and they work fine. I've tried all
> the settings I can imagine in both N1MM and PTT-key in the K-3. N1MM
> has so many different ways to configure everything that it's completely
> confusing at all times. Now I notice another problem. While in SSB
> mode, I change mode to CW and the whole radio locks up. Another way
> this lock up occurs is going to the config menu. The radio locks up
> and I see this in the display:
>
> AUTO
> Keypper
>
> I can't find anything in the manual that mentions this error message.
> The K-3 is completely unusable so I am changing to another radio.
>
> Does anyone have a clue where to go with this mess? I sure would hate
> to do a complete reset and lose all my settings.
>
> 73, Jim
> W6YA
>
>
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Greg - AB7R

Re: Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

In reply to this post by N7US

When using it with the extra "A" are you making sure that the radio is
the active radio? If you are not doing SO2R you don't need the "A" or "I".

On 3/6/2010 4:07 PM, Jim McDonald wrote:

Jim McCook W6YA

Re: Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

In reply to this post by Jim McCook W6YA

Thanks, Greg. Good observation. Since I only use the K-3, I'm SO2V.
With or without the "A" makes no difference.

I'll try putting this problem on the N1MM reflector... maybe someone
over there knows how to config N1MM properly. I think that's where the
problem is.

73, Jim
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Brett Howard

Re: Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

You can send the ASCII commands to the K3 using the K3UTIL manually and
prove that if you wanted...

~Brett

On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 18:09 +0000, Jim McCook wrote:

> Thanks, Greg. Good observation. Since I only use the K-3, I'm SO2V.
> With or without the "A" makes no difference.
>
> I'll try putting this problem on the N1MM reflector... maybe someone
> over there knows how to config N1MM properly. I think that's where the
> problem is.
>
> 73, Jim
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