Re: {K3 KX3} Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting

[Charles Sanders]

While not one of the "Big Three", CQ/X - GPS Enabled Software for Mobile
Contesting (www.no5w.com) supports the use of KY keying, in addition to
WinKey keying.

73/Chuck/NO5W
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[Ignacy]

Chuck,

Sounds great. Lots of functionality in your package.

You write "K3 keyer does not provide all of the functionality of the WinKey, a case in point being the Ultimatic keying mode". What is this mode?

Your software runs for many contests. Can it be adapted to run in DX pedition mode? Possibly with comments?

Ignacy, NO9E

[Don Wilhelm-4]

Ultimatic is an absolutely wonderful keying mode (and the only one I can
use with dual lever paddles).  It gives priority to the last paddle closed.
In other words, close the dah lever, and you get dahs - but then close
the dot lever, and you then get dots even though both paddles are now
closed.
No alternating nonsense.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/10/2012 9:49 AM, Ignacy wrote:
> You write "K3 keyer does not provide all of the functionality of the WinKey,
> a case in point being the Ultimatic keying mode". What is this mode?
>

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[Charles Sanders]

 >... the Ultimatic keying mode". What is this mode?
Don has provided a concise description. If you would like more details here
is a nice writeup

http://fermi.la.asu.edu/w9cf/articles/ultimatic.pdf

>Your software runs for many contests. Can it be adapted to run in
DXpedition mode? Possibly >with comments?
You can setup to log all info typed into the QSO Entry window in a log
separate from the main log. So in that sense the answer is yes. However,
there are probably other aspects of the dxpedition mode that it does not
currently support.

73/Chuck/NO5W
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[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

Yay!  I second that motion, Don!

I've been a fan of Ultimatic mode since it first came out in QST as a vacuum tube keyer from a W6 in the mid-50s.  Later I built the transistorized version that was in QST in the early 60s.  But nothing's as easy as building a WinKeyer kit with it in it!  Steve did all the heavy lifting.

Ultimatic mode also includes dot or dash "insertion".  Make a "Q", for instance, by holding the dash lever closed through the entire character formation and flick the dot lever after the start of the second dash to insert the single dot.

It's nice to have the K3's built-in keyer when going portable.  But -- like Don -- I have a lot of trouble using the Iambic algorithms with dual-lever paddles, so at the home station I use a WK2 and when I'm traveling I use a single-lever paddle.

Bud, W2RU

On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ultimatic is an absolutely wonderful keying mode (and the only one I can
> use with dual lever paddles).  It gives priority to the last paddle closed.
> In other words, close the dah lever, and you get dahs - but then close
> the dot lever, and you then get dots even though both paddles are now
> closed.
> No alternating nonsense.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 8/10/2012 9:49 AM, Ignacy wrote:
>> You write "K3 keyer does not provide all of the functionality of the WinKey,
>> a case in point being the Ultimatic keying mode". What is this mode?
>>

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