[Elecraft] K3 RS323 and Data Modes {was YAQ - Yet Another (K3) Question}

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

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   Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:18:32 +0100
   From: "Julian G4ILO" <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com>

   On 6/18/07, dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de> wrote:
   > Hi Greg,
   >
   > > I don't think so as there is no way to ...
   > > ... soundcard program that will allow you to do this?
   >
   > Why would I want to use a soundcard program if I've got a good
   > demodulator (RTTY, PSK) in the K3?
   >
   > I would have thought that the K3 can send demodulated data via
   > the RS-232 to the computer and the computer would be able to send
   > plain ASCII to the K3 for data mode transmission.
   >
   > If the K3 can not do this, I would vote that this should be on the future
   > feature list.

   This would be useful for remote control. It would also be useful on a
   local PC if you wanted to keep your sound card free for some other use
   (I ended up with a RigExpert interface because of this) but I can't
   see data mode programs like MixW rushing to support such a facility.

I don't think it be very difficult to add this.  MixW, for example,
has provision for an external modem.

   The Icom 756Pro has had a RTTY decode facility for years but I have no
   idea if the decoded data is accessible by external software.

Nope.  But there's not input function there, either.  Likewise the
IC7000.

73, doug