Palm OS PSK31/RTTY/CW generator?

[pd0psb]

I'm a very old fashioned guy; HF radios and computers don't combine, I just can't stand any selfmade-QRM.

That's also one of my reasons for choosing the K3. The internal data/cw decoder works very well!
It would be nice not only to decode without needing a computer but also to TX without having to bring a laptop or desktop.

How about a small Palmtop application that can just generate PSK31 / RTTY / CW  but leaves the decoding to the K3? This would make K3 a true field-data TRX without the need for a computer.
There are a zillion of old cheap palmtops out there for which only the generation of PSK/RTTY/CW code shouldn't be too data-heavy. An RS232 to K3 cable and we're doing portable PSK31/RTTY.

Any Palm OS developper out there sees a challange in this? ;-)
My guess is that even something like an old Palm M100 could easily generate PSK31/RTTY/CW....

73'
Paul
PD0PSB

[M0XDF]

I understand what you are saying, but an PDA IS a computer! Perhaps  
not what you may think of as a PC or Mac, but they are computers.
As is the K3! Ok, the K3 is not a general purpose computer - you can't  
do spreadsheets on it (yet!), but it has firmware and processors etc -  
it's a computer.

One definition (there are many):
A programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a  
computer are:
• It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined  
manner.
• It can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program).

73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 21 May 2009, at 17:41, pd0psb wrote:

> How about a small Palmtop application that can just generate PSK31 /  
> RTTY /
> CW  but leaves the decoding to the K3? This would make K3 a true  
> field-data
> TRX without the need for a computer.

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[pd0psb]

I know david :-)

I have some experience controlling radios by a battery-fed palmtop and generated QRM is near zero. There are also some older palmtops running on AAA batteries and they keep working several weeks without a refill. Added up this makes field-using a Palm for datamodes pretty ideal!

-No QRM at all
-Very portable
-Data-light because K3 does decoding

73'
Paul
PD0PSB


<quote author="David Ferrington, M0XDF">
I understand what you are saying, but an PDA IS a computer! Perhaps  
not what you may think of as a PC or Mac, but they are computers.
As is the K3! Ok, the K3 is not a general purpose computer - you can't  
do spreadsheets on it (yet!), but it has firmware and processors etc -  
it's a computer.