[Elecraft] K3 choppy CW

[Julius Fazekas]

Erik,

No you can use the paddles with N1MM and just the K3. The K1EL is for computer generated CW.

Some of us have a hard enough time typing, tuning, using a key AND keeping up a decent rate ;o)

For casual contesting, without using computer generated CW, you really don't need WKUSB, the paddles will do it.

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

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--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Erik N Basilier <ebasilier at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Erik N Basilier <ebasilier at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 choppy CW
> To: "Andrew Faber" <andrewfaber at ymail.com>, "Julius Fazekas n2wn" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 3:20 PM
> Andy,
> 
> Thanks for your input, it is helpful to me. Sorry if this
> is too much OT, but I see an additional benefit in the
> WinKeyer in that it lets you use paddles. I don't know
> how deep into contest-land I will go, but at this point it
> feels like cheating to use the keyboard, even though it is
> much less stressful than paddles. Not yet familiar with
> N1MM, I simply assume that you can't use paddles with it
> unless you have the WinKeyer. Anyone please correct me if I
> am wrong.
> 
> 73,
> Erik
> 
> 
> > Julius,
> >  Though we're now drifting off topic from
> Elecraft, WinKey USB works fine on my Vista laptop keying my
> K3. It also has the advantage of not tying up any serial
> ports, since it runs off the USB port (the driver creates a
> "virtual" serial port).  You can also use it for
> PTT, thus avoiding using another serial port for that
> function.
> > 73,andy, ae6y