[Elecraft] [K3] CW via serial cable question

[Vic K2VCO]

vk2nu at bigpond.net.au wrote:

> I've been reading about the ability of the K3 to have CW sent on the
> serial cable used for rig control. From memory this was possible on
> the K2 but most 3rd party logging/contest programs didn't support
> this.
> 
> Is this the same as the K3, or is the set-up different this time so
> standard logging and contest programs will be able to utilise this ??
> Hope this makes sense!!

The K3 has a superset of the K2's command set. So anything the K2 can 
do, the K3 can do as well.

There's no reason that contest logging programs could not have used the 
direct CW feature of the K2. This was probably just because the 
developers didn't see it as important -- there were only a small number 
of K2's compared to radios of other types, and there was already a way 
to key it, although not so elegant.

However, if I am not mistaken, many, many contesters and DXpeditions 
will be using K3's, enough to make an impression on the developers. 
Especially when some of the developers themselves will have K3's!
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco