Re: KX3 CW from computer

Posted by wayne burdick on Mar 12, 2012; 5:08pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-CW-from-computer-tp7365321p7366038.html

The KX3 could be keyed from RTS or DTR via the either its KEY jack or the GPIO pin of the ACC2 jack. You'd need to split the keying signal out and supply one or two external components, depending on the Signal levels.

Note that the KX3 is *not* primarily a CW rig. It handles all modes, including nearly all of the voice-mode features of the K3.

Wayne
N6KR

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On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM, KU7Y <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> ...I changed over to using a USB WinKeyer...
> ========
> Agreed, Ron, one can get around the KX3's missing capability by using
> an external box. I can set up my software to use 2 Com ports, one for
> rig control and one for keying, and have a second gadget attached to
> the computer to key the radio. But this is pretty cumbersome for a rig
> that is primarily a CW transceiver. It's too late to change anything,
> but I'm hoping for a hardware retrofit.
>
> At the very least there should be a way to send CW from the internal
> memories with a single button push instead of two. Then the need for
> computer keying would be minimized.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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