[Elecraft] K3 "CW via CAT Command"?

[G4ILO]

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm using MixW with my K3, configuring it as "K2" under Kenwood
> for CAT, and decided to try the "CW via CAT Command", since that seems
> to be similar (I think).  But it doesn't send CW- it puts the rig in TX,
> and
> something is happening, I can hear some sort of artifacts coming from
> the speaker, a click for each CW element (adjustable by the volume
> control).  But there's no RF shown (and no I don't have the radio in
> "test").
> 
> I know I'm out here on the bleeding edge, but wonder if anyone has any
> ideas about the problem.
> 
> 73, doug
> 
What version of MixW are you using, Doug? I never used the latest version,
and probably won't now since I have switched to Linux, but as far as I know
MixW sends CW by keying one of the RS-232 control lines (according to which
one you set up on the CAT configuration menu.) It can do TX/RX switching
using CAT commands but it does not send CW using CAT to the best of my
knowledge.

If you download the KCommunicate from my website then this will send CW
using CAT. It also reads and writes MixW compatible log files. I made a
couple of hundred contacts with it in the CQ WW contest last year so you
should find it is pretty stable. That version dates from before I had a K3
so you should select K2 in the configuration.

Since I am now using Linux I will not be releasing another Windows version
any time soon but I have rather lost interest in the program anyway since
the main point of it was to be able to use the K3's built in CW, PSK and
RTTY decoders and there is currently no way to get the decoded text on to
the computer screen. The text stream enabled with the TT1 command conflicts
with the use of CAT control commands.

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