[Elecraft] K3: dot/dash memories

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> I don't have a winkeyer nor have I ever used one but looking 
> at the manual on Microham's website, it seems to me that this 
> keyer is actually huge step backwards compared to the Logikey 
> keyers if a versatile Keyer in the absence of a windows PC is 
> required.

Understand what Winkey is before you knock it ... 

microHAM uses the original WinKey in their products.  Winkey (1) 
is designed to be a simple keying processor accepting ASCII text 
from a serial port and converting it to CW.  WinKey also supports 
paddle input and emulates Curtis A, Curtis B, Ultimatic and Bug 
keying - with or without automatic character space.  Control and 
programming is from the computer (or could be from the EEPROM in 
a transceiver).  

microham enhances the original WinKey with multiple message memory, 
serial number and several other features available from a numeric 
(PS/2) keypad. 

K1EL also makes the WinKey 2 (WinKey USB) which has a full stand-
alone mode that features multiple memories, paddle programming, 
four operating modes.  I think you will find WinKey USB has all 
the capability of Logikey and then some.  Of course that's to be 
expected since Logikey's design is quite a few years old. 

The important thing from a systems viewpoint is that WinKey has 
become the de facto standard for computer interfaced keyers. 

73, 

   ... Joe Subich, W4TV 
       microHAM America 
       http://www.microHAM-USA.com 
       http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM 
       support at microham.com 
  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brendan Minish
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:40 PM
> To: G3SJJ
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: dot/dash memories
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 22:49 +0000, G3SJJ wrote:
> > I didn't say contest loggers! Logger32 incorporates Winkey 
> support. The 
> > point I was making is that these days most people go for 
> Winkey in one 
> > way or another. Here I have the mHam Keyer which is built 
> around WinKey 
> > for its CW keying, and also the little WinKeyer USB for 
> portable work.
> 
> I don't have a winkeyer nor have I ever used one but looking at the
> manual on Microham's website, it seems to me that this keyer 
> is actually
> huge step backwards compared to the Logikey keyers if a 
> versatile Keyer
> in the absence of a windows PC is required. 
> The winkeyer appears to be  primarily a method of allowing good keying
> from a PC with some standalone keyer features added.
> 
> My logikey keyer runs for literally years on 3 AAA batteries, is small
> enough to take anywhere and has access to all it's functions 
> via 4 built
> in buttons  
> 
> Perhaps I am missing a few things here but the missing features in the
> winkey based keyers would seem to me to be in (no particular order ) 
> 
> Limited ability to program directly from the key (I.e no editing or
> delete features) and no embedded commands in messages
> 
> No support for macros (I use these all the time) 
> Limed range of keyer styles (and only selectable from software) 
> No banked memories ( use different banks for HF & 6 for example)
> casual contest features built into the keyer (serial number 
> and a way to
> easily decrement the serial #)  
> Built in buttons
> Ability to set side-tone pitch, Keying compensation etc (including
> compensation for Icom's dot shortening in QSK) from the paddles 
> Size
> 
>  
> you can read the cmos4 manual here 
> http://www.idiompress.com/CMOS-docs.html#4
> 
> 73
> Brendan EI6IZ 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And 
> certainly don‘t try
> to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly
> untrained, unqualified, expendable professional.
> 
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