[Elecraft] Issues with cw keying line in N1MM with K3?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> (In fact I think my program KComm, 
> and possibly HRD, are the only ones that do.)

WinWarbler (DXLab Suite) also supports "KY" for the Kenwood 
and Elecraft radios that implement it. 

> But the K3 provides a more elegant solution to this problem. 
> You can send ASCII direct to the K3 using KY commands and it 
> sends CW for you. Unfortunately none of the main contest 
> logging programs use it. (In fact I think my program KComm, 
> and possibly HRD, are the only ones that do.)

The "KY solution" has too many issues for it to be adopted by 
the major contest logging software.  

1) once sent to the radio, data can not be edited.  Thus it 
   is not possible to implement "corrections in the buffer." 
2) The Kenwood implementation requires data be sent in 24 character 
   "chunks" vs. random length for Elecraft 
3) KY is supported in only six radios (TS-480,570,870,2000 and 
   Elecraft K2,K3)

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 5:30 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: Re: [Elecraft] Issues with cw keying line in 
> N1MM with K3?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> alsopb wrote:
> > 
> > Look at the progress we have made in completing a circuit 
> which only 
> > demands timings accurate to a millisecond.  Now the requirment is:
> > 
> > 1) And advanced computer including about a GB of Ram with a CPU 
> > operating at sub nanosecond speeds.
> > 2) A bloated operating system
> > 3) A USB port
> > 4) A WINKEY board and associated drivers
> > 
> > This is nuts.  Thank you Microsoft.
> > 
> > 73 de Brian/K3KO
> > 
> 
> Agreed. Windows has always been lousy at multi-tasking. I 
> remember people saying years ago the benefit of switching 
> from '98 to NT was you would never see an egg-timer. But no, 
> even today it's possible for some process to hold up 
> everything else on the PC.
> 
> But the K3 provides a more elegant solution to this problem. 
> You can send ASCII direct to the K3 using KY commands and it 
> sends CW for you. Unfortunately none of the main contest 
> logging programs use it. (In fact I think my program KComm, 
> and possibly HRD, are the only ones that do.)
> 
> -----
> Julian, G4ILO
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