[Elecraft] K3 Internal Digital Modes

[ab7r at cablespeed.com]

Just to reinforce this, I now only use software for RTTY if I absolutely have to (mainly 
for contesting).  I find it so much easier to use my paddles and the K3's decoder.  You can 
even do this for "casual" contesting using the CW Messages M1-4.
An added benefit from this is by getting use to sending RTTY and PSK with your paddles it 
makes you better at sending CW.  Since you can see what you are sending, you can tell if 
you left just a little too much space between letters, so it helps with your timing.

When working 3B7C last week (I need him again cuz they don't have me in their log!!!) I had 
the CW decoder on.  He was an S1-2 and be adjusting the Threshold setting (there's an auto-
threshold option now too) and using a narrow BW filter in the DSP I was able to get about 
80-90% print on the decoder (there was some QSB to deal with).

Very Fun Stuff!

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Mon Sep 17 14:29 , Lyle Johnson  sent:

>I confess to not being a CW guy.  Yeah, I passed the 20 WPM test for my 
>Extra many years ago, but that didn't make me a devotee.  I use 
>microphones or keyboards when I operate.  (With the K3, I've even used 
>my paddles, but not for CW!)
>
>I find when I have the K3 turned on, I often tune down to the PSK or 
>RTTY areas of 20 meters and watch the text scroll by on the VFO B 
>display of the K3.  I used to do this sometimes with my IC746PRO with 
>its RTTY decoder, but that radio doesn't decode PSK31, so it was mostly 
>interesting only during RTTY contests or W1AW bulletins :-)
>
>Since my PCs are tied up with my work, I don't usually have soundcard 
>software running.  With the K3, I don't need the PC or its software!  It 
>internally decodes RTTY, PSK31 and CW.
>
>This feature has changed my perspective on listening around on the 
>bands.  RTTY and PSK are now as accessible to causal listening as SSB or CW.
>
>Oh, yes, about CW.  The CW decoder has driven me to listen around in the 
>CW segments.  I want to see if I can figure what's being sent before the 
>decoder does, or to see if I can catch the decoder in an error :-)  My 
>ability to copy CW in my head, never very good, is certainly getting 
>better with this visual reinforcement.
>
>73,
>
>Lyle KK7P
>
>K2 S/N 000000000000002
>
>PS - I am not unbiased in all of this, of course, having written the DSP 
>portion of these demodulators.  But making something and finding myself 
>wanting to use it are two different things :-)
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