[Elecraft] N1MM & K3

[Jim Brown]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:54:19 -0700, gdaught6 at stanford.edu wrote:

>Has anyone used N1MM to provide CW keying via a COM port?  Is 
>it satisfactory?  Are there any "gotcha's"?

>How about via the parallel port?  Is it satisfactory?  Are there any 
>"gotcha's" there??

I've done it both ways. I've had NO problems at all with N1MM sending 
CW to ONE RADIO, either with DTR or the parallel port. It does NOT do 
well with two radios SO2R. For that you need WinKey.  

By all means, use DTR on the serial port that you use to control the 
radio unless you want to do SO2R. Just go into the Config menu (long 
push) and set the K3 to take CW from DTR. Then set either QSK for full 
break-in or VOX, depending on your preferences. 

There's no good reason to bother with the parallel port. I only did so 
when trying to get SO2R to work without WinKey. 

73,

Jim K9YC