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Where does my K3 transmit?

I had forgotten that the K3 will transmit PSK31 and RTTY without an
external computer. So,

MODE TX FREQ
-------------------
CW What the dial reads
USB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy up
LSB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy down
RTTY ???
PSK31 ???

I know on CW, if a station is transmitting on 14050.000 KHz and I set
his tone in my cans to 570 Hz [my PITCH frequency], I will be
transmitting exactly on his frequency and if you were listening, we'd
sound the same to you, and my VFO will read 14.050.000 I don't know how
the K3 brings that off, and really don't care, I just know it does.

I've never used the paddle --> RTTY or PSK31. Any help on how that
works? I didn't find it in KT7X's book, but I'm poking around in the
MNQP and didn't spend a lot of time looking, the Minnesota Mobiles
change counties fast :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org

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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Where does my K3 transmit?

Fred,

PSK31 (or any other DATA A modes - the signal frequency is the carrier
frequency (indicated by the VFO readout) plus (or minus) the audio
frequency on the waterfall display.

RTTY will be the same if you are using DATA A mode - if you are using
AFSK mode, the displayed frequency will be the mark frequency - but
that is not relevant to the 60 meter allocations, only Pactor III and
PSK31 will be permitted after March 5, 2012.

73,
Don W3FPR.

On 2/4/2012 5:20 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> I had forgotten that the K3 will transmit PSK31 and RTTY without an
> external computer. So,
>
> MODE TX FREQ
> -------------------
> CW What the dial reads
> USB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy up
> LSB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy down
> RTTY ???
> PSK31 ???
>
> I know on CW, if a station is transmitting on 14050.000 KHz and I set
> his tone in my cans to 570 Hz [my PITCH frequency], I will be
> transmitting exactly on his frequency and if you were listening, we'd
> sound the same to you, and my VFO will read 14.050.000 I don't know how
> the K3 brings that off, and really don't care, I just know it does.
>
> I've never used the paddle --> RTTY or PSK31. Any help on how that
> works? I didn't find it in KT7X's book, but I'm poking around in the
> MNQP and didn't spend a lot of time looking, the Minnesota Mobiles
> change counties fast :-)
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
> - www.cqp.org
>
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Joe Subich, W4TV-4

Re: Where does my K3 transmit?

If you are using the K3's CW to data (or data using the KY command),
your frequency for PSK31 will be the dial frequency and for RTTY
your mark will be the dial frequency.

Not that it matters since traditional FSK RTTY is apparently not
permitted on 60 meters but if one were using CW to DATA with the
K3, it would be necessary to offset the dial frequency by 85 Hz to
be properly centered in the channel.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 2/4/2012 6:11 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

>
> Fred,
>
> PSK31 (or any other DATA A modes - the signal frequency is the carrier
> frequency (indicated by the VFO readout) plus (or minus) the audio
> frequency on the waterfall display.
>
> RTTY will be the same if you are using DATA A mode - if you are using
> AFSK mode, the displayed frequency will be the mark frequency - but
> that is not relevant to the 60 meter allocations, only Pactor III and
> PSK31 will be permitted after March 5, 2012.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR.
>
>
> On 2/4/2012 5:20 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> I had forgotten that the K3 will transmit PSK31 and RTTY without an
>> external computer. So,
>>
>> MODE TX FREQ
>> -------------------
>> CW What the dial reads
>> USB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy up
>> LSB Supp Carrier at the dial, energy down
>> RTTY ???
>> PSK31 ???
>>
>> I know on CW, if a station is transmitting on 14050.000 KHz and I set
>> his tone in my cans to 570 Hz [my PITCH frequency], I will be
>> transmitting exactly on his frequency and if you were listening, we'd
>> sound the same to you, and my VFO will read 14.050.000 I don't know how
>> the K3 brings that off, and really don't care, I just know it does.
>>
>> I've never used the paddle --> RTTY or PSK31. Any help on how that
>> works? I didn't find it in KT7X's book, but I'm poking around in the
>> MNQP and didn't spend a lot of time looking, the Minnesota Mobiles
>> change counties fast :-)
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
>> - www.cqp.org
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
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