[Elecraft] [K3] PSK etc via external unit and KB

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

yes of course, what i basically need is a keyer - i hadn't thought  
that through.

I'll probably avoid that since it will just tempt me to us it instead  
of working on my morse.

-- 
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a  
man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
-Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist and writer (1825-1995)

On 19 Apr 2008, at 15:17, Greg wrote:
> I think K1EL has something similar to this called a K40?  It even  
> has the
> correct "K" designation.  :)  But...its output is setup only for the
> straight key input and not paddle input.  So some mods would be  
> required.
>
> One of the items on the list is to accept input from the KEY jack as  
> well as
> the paddles.  When done, no mods to the above item would be necessary.
>
> 73
> Greg
> AB7R
> "Snowed in in APRIL!!!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of David  
> Ferrington,
> M0XDF
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:39 AM
> To: "Crafters"
> Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK etc via external unit and KB
>
>
> Having just read the Waters & Stanton add in this months RadCom, I see
> on pg 2 an add for the Icom IC-7700 and its content :
> "Another first: built-in PSK31 and RTTY. Just add a USB keyboard"
>
> Apart from taking exception - it's not a first, the K3 was I believe
> (but no point complaining - K3 doesn't have a KB yet), this got me to
> thinking...
>
> Would some bright spark like to produce a very small USB keyboard to
> paddle converter kit? I would guess a PIC that would produce the
> appropriate contact closures?
> This is far beyond me in design, but while we wait for Elecraft to
> possibly add some form of keyboard interface, this would allow us to
> drive the built in PSK and RTTY in the K3 via the paddle input.
>
> I know there is the NUE-PSK unit, but since most of the requirement is
> in the K3, I thought a small unit to convert key press to contact
> closure might be possible?
>
> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
>
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