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

[ab7r at cablespeed.com]

Exactly the case.  With the built-in decoder you can take the K3 someplace portable 
without a computer and still send and receive PSK31/RTTY just as easily as having a 
QSO in CW.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Tue Jun 19  4:08 , "Julian G4ILO"  sent:

>On 6/18/07, Toby Deinhardt dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de> wrote:
>>
>> It has always struck me as a bit silly to go from analog to digital back
>> to analog only to return to digital, which is what you would be doing
>> with the K3 and a sound card based solution.
>
>I think the number of conversions is the same, it's just a matter of
>whether the conversion is done in the computer or the radio. Since a
>computer has a more powerful processor, I would expect it to do a
>better job, if available. The value of the built-in encoder/decoder is
>to allow operation using popular data modes *without* a computer.
>
>-- 
>Julian, G4ILO
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