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W7JJL

Portable Keyboard for KX3

Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3? This
would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I could type in
CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this portable keyboard would
be self powered by its own internal battery. Also a smaller sized keyboard
would be preferable.

Thanks.

John

W7JJL

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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

John,

You would be referring in a keyboard to ASCII conversion. During my
early years (1970s timeframe), with homebrew computers, I actually had a
keyboard that had ASCII output, but that gave way to the IBM PC keyboard
which has been the de-facto standard ever since.

So,if you can discover an IBMPC keyboard to ASCII converter, you could
feed that output to the KX3 and it would do digital for you.

In the meantime, there is PSK D and FSK D data modes that will accept CW
keying and produce PSK31 or RTTY output from the KX3 - *and* will
display the decoded text in the VFO B display area. That is indeed
quite an accomplishment.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/15/2012 8:23 PM, John Lally wrote:

> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3? This
> would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I could type in
> CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this portable keyboard would
> be self powered by its own internal battery. Also a smaller sized keyboard
> would be preferable.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> John
>
> W7JJL
>
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James kvochick

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

http://www.icircuits.com/store/prod_misc_main.html

Has a PC to ASCII converter

Jim WB8AZP

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> John,
>
> You would be referring in a keyboard to ASCII conversion. During my
> early years (1970s timeframe), with homebrew computers, I actually had a
> keyboard that had ASCII output, but that gave way to the IBM PC keyboard
> which has been the de-facto standard ever since.
>
> So,if you can discover an IBMPC keyboard to ASCII converter, you could
> feed that output to the KX3 and it would do digital for you.
>
> In the meantime, there is PSK D and FSK D data modes that will accept CW
> keying and produce PSK31 or RTTY output from the KX3 - *and* will
> display the decoded text in the VFO B display area. That is indeed
> quite an accomplishment.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/15/2012 8:23 PM, John Lally wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3? This
>> would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I could type in
>> CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this portable keyboard would
>> be self powered by its own internal battery. Also a smaller sized keyboard
>> would be preferable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>> W7JJL
>>
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Jay S

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

This device has an RS232 or TTL (5V) output. I looked in the manual and
didn't see the specifications for the serial port on the KX3. I apologize
if I missed it, but can someone tell me the pin out of the connector and
the interface level (RS232, 5V, 3.3V)?

Thanks
Jay

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, James kvochick <[hidden email]>wrote:

> http://www.icircuits.com/store/prod_misc_main.html
>
> Has a PC to ASCII converter
>
> Jim WB8AZP
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > You would be referring in a keyboard to ASCII conversion. During my
> > early years (1970s timeframe), with homebrew computers, I actually had a
> > keyboard that had ASCII output, but that gave way to the IBM PC keyboard
> > which has been the de-facto standard ever since.
> >
> > So,if you can discover an IBMPC keyboard to ASCII converter, you could
> > feed that output to the KX3 and it would do digital for you.
> >
> > In the meantime, there is PSK D and FSK D data modes that will accept CW
> > keying and produce PSK31 or RTTY output from the KX3 - *and* will
> > display the decoded text in the VFO B display area. That is indeed
> > quite an accomplishment.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 4/15/2012 8:23 PM, John Lally wrote:
> >> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3?
> This
> >> would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I could type
> in
> >> CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this portable keyboard
> would
> >> be self powered by its own internal battery. Also a smaller sized
> keyboard
> >> would be preferable.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> W7JJL
> >>
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Bob W7AVK-2

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

In reply to this post by W7JJL

A really neat PC Keyboard to CW encoder is the "Code Buddy" listed on
this web page. http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/Kits/Kits.html Works great
and the price is hard to beat. It will not interface with the K3 CW
paddle inputs. But maybe setting the K3 to use a straight key would
work, haven't tried it. Does the KX3 or K3 encode standard CW to
digital modes or just their keyer dot and dash side inputs?

Good luck

73 Bob W7AVK
K3/100 kit s/n 4365

On 4/15/2012 5:23 PM, John Lally wrote:

Dick Dievendorff

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

In reply to this post by James kvochick

The KX3's RS-232 port will accept KX3 programmer's reference commands, but
you'll need to wrap all the text you want sent as CW or RTTY or PSK31 with a
KY command, no longer than the internal command buffer, and a semicolon to
end the string and start sending.

These details are taken care of by the KX3 Utility's terminal tab, which
operates on a PC, and provides a screen buffer that displays more than a few
characters at a time.

A small netbook will suffice, and the netbook has utility beyond a
rig-specific keyboard.

Dick, K6KR

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3

http://www.icircuits.com/store/prod_misc_main.html

Has a PC to ASCII converter

Jim WB8AZP

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> John,
>
> You would be referring in a keyboard to ASCII conversion. During my
> early years (1970s timeframe), with homebrew computers, I actually had
> a keyboard that had ASCII output, but that gave way to the IBM PC
> keyboard which has been the de-facto standard ever since.
>
> So,if you can discover an IBMPC keyboard to ASCII converter, you could
> feed that output to the KX3 and it would do digital for you.
>
> In the meantime, there is PSK D and FSK D data modes that will accept
> CW keying and produce PSK31 or RTTY output from the KX3 - *and* will
> display the decoded text in the VFO B display area. That is indeed
> quite an accomplishment.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/15/2012 8:23 PM, John Lally wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3?
>> This would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I
>> could type in CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this
>> portable keyboard would be self powered by its own internal battery.
>> Also a smaller sized keyboard would be preferable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>> W7JJL
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
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Niel Wiegand

Re: Portable Keyboard for KX3

In reply to this post by W7JJL

John,

Have you looked at the terminal program that is part of the utility
package available for the KX3 as a download from Elecraft?

Practically any Windows PC with a RS232 or USB port can be used as a
keyboard for CW, RTTY and PSK31, no sound card required. It uses the KX3
ACC1 port. With the deal you also get 16 memory buffers and a full
screen display. I've been looking for a small Netbook myself to plug
into my KX3.

73,
Niel - W0VLZ
KX3 #43

> *John Lally* jlally at icehouse.net
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> /Sun Apr 15 20:23:20 EDT 2012/
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3? This
> would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I could type in
> CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this portable keyboard would
> be self powered by its own internal battery. Also a smaller sized keyboard
> would be preferable.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> John
>
> W7JJL
>