<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:17 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Georgek5kg@aol.com" target="_blank">Georgek5kg@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div> </div><div><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><div><br></div><div>You connect the paddle to the radio, and use the internal keyer of the radio. </div><div><br></div><div>From your <a 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>
<div><br></div><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><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>DTR (pin 4) to CW</div><div>RTS (pin 7) to PTT</div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>and click [OK]. Uncheck any WinKey port completely, and click [OK] again.</div>
<div><br></div><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><div><br></div><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 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><div><br></div><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>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div><div><br><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><div><font lang="0" face="Arial"><div class="im">
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<div>In a message dated 5/28/2012 7:22:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a> writes:</div>
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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
that.</div></font></blockquote></div></div></font></div></font></div></div></div><br>