Re: KX3: Direct keyboard interface?

Posted by wayne burdick on May 23, 2011; 5:55pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-Direct-keyboard-interface-tp6389835p6395554.html

Rather than a keyboard (only), I think the ideal companion to the KX3  
would be a small netbook. You could connect it to both the KX3's  
serial I/O port and the RX I/Q and run terminal as well as panadapter  
applications.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On May 21, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Andrew Moore wrote:

>> From the KX3 data sheet:
>
>     "Built-in PSK/TTY decode/encode allows data mode operation
>     without a PC; transmit in data modes using CW keyer paddle"
>
> Was a direct keyboard interface considered for the KX3?  Could serve  
> data
> modes (including QRQ CW) well, but could be more power consumption and
> feature creep.  USB interfaces seem compact and easy on power, but I  
> realize
> there's more to it than that.
>
> --Andrew, NV1B
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