[Elecraft] [K3] Logging programs and internal keyer

[hank k8dd]

Carl Clawson wrote:
> 
>>Are there any contest logging programs out that support the internal keyer
>>on the K3? 
> 
> Not really.
> 
> 
>>1) Have the computer generate the CW and waggle some lines to the radio.
> 
> 
> This works quite well with CTwin, N1MM and WriteLog.  The parallel port
> will
> "waggle" the keying line and send CW.  
> If the operator wants to send manually you can plug a paddle into the K3
> and
> send.  Or with CTwin you can wire the paddle into the parallel port. 
> (REAL 
> parallel port - not a USB to parallel cable).
> But ..... and here is the catch ..... you have to use a small program
> called 
> Direct I/O.  It's free for 30 days and then <gasp> you have to pay for it
> - but 
> it works quite well with NT, Win2k and XP.  I don't know about Vista.
> And you should stop all un-necessary things from running on the PC unless
> it
> is a fast one with lots of memory.
> Or ..... you could run Win 98SE and you don't need the program to capture
> the
> parallel port!
>  
>>2) Buy an external box like WinKey to interface to the rig. Why spend
money
>>on that? It's only doing stuff that the rig already does!
> 
> Ah, true ..... it does a lot that the rig already does, but it does it
> better than
> the stuff that the rig already does.  Much better!
> 
> 
73    Hank    K8DD
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