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<DIV>Bob, tnx for all the info on keying the K3 from WT. I will definitely
give it a try. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">George
Wagner, K5KG<BR>Sarasota, FL <BR>941-400-1960 cell
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/28/2012 8:36:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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<DIV><EM>I have not used COM or LPT port on/off keying, but I'm
willing to give it a try once I figure out how to implement it. I am
looking in the documentation and I see the keying circuit, but how
would I connect in a paddle?</EM></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>You connect the paddle to the radio, and use the internal keyer of the
radio. </DIV>
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<DIV>From your <A title=http://qrz.com/ href="http://qrz.com/">QRZ.COM</A>
page, it looks like you are using an Elecraft K3, so no external keying
circuit is required! Unlike any other radio on the market (of which I am
aware), the K3 supports a built-in legacy contest software ON/OFF keying
"circuit" via the same serial connector that you are already using to control
the radio.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just go into the SETUP dialog of Win-Test. Next to the COM port
settings for the radio port, click on the [Configure...] button, then
set:</DIV>
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<DIV>DTR (pin 4) to CW</DIV>
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<DIV>and click [OK]. Uncheck any WinKey port completely, and click [OK]
again.</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally, in the K3 menu set CONFIG: PTT-KEY to RTS-DTR. Win-Test
will now send very well-timed ON/OFF CW and PTT via the K3 COM port
pins.</DIV>
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<DIV>To keep the keyer paddle speed in synch with the Win-Test CW speed, you
can use the "K3 LUA Scripts" that I wrote. Just go to <A
title=http://bit.ly/wtscripts
href="http://bit.ly/wtscripts">http://bit.ly/wtscripts</A>, download
K3scripts.zip and follow the instructions in the file named
Readme_K3scripts.txt. Whenever you change speeds with Win-Test, the K3
internal keyer (for your paddles), can be set to the same speed, or maybe 1 or
2 WPM slower, whichever you prefer.</DIV>
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<DIV><EM></EM> <EM>With COM or LPT port keying can you use the ++ --
speed up/slow down commands which are a problem with the Microham CW
Keyer. </EM></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Yes, that still works fine, though if you want to get spotted more
quickly by the Reverse Beacon Network, you should remove all these CW speed
changes from your messages. CW Skimmer decodes CW most easily when
everything is sent at the exact same speed.</DIV>
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<DIV>73,</DIV>
<DIV>Bob, N6TV</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/28/2012 7:22:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A
title=mailto:n6tv@arrl.net href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net"
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<DIV>Chances are all you had to do was type SETUP [Enter] [Enter] in
Win-Test, which re-initalizes all serial port connections, as this is much
less disruptive than exiting and restarting the program.</DIV>
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<DIV>However, I have seen similar Winkey reliability issues in the past, so
I no longer use it. I much prefer to use COM port or LPT port on/off
keying with Win-Test, plus the internal keyer of the radio. Win-Test
sends very fine CW this way; external Winkey hardware is really not
required. Yes you lose paddle interrupt of computer messages, but you
get used to just hitting the Escape key when you need to do
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