[Elecraft] KDVR3, wintest and Microkeyer II

[Doug Turnbull]

Lu, 
   So far I have only used the MK II and K3 combination in CW contests.  In
the past I used the Orion II and its internal DVK rather than the DVK in the
MKII.   I find it easier to get my levels correct with the internal DVKs and
I like the sound from them.   I have now a second MK II on my K3 and had
hoped to use the internal DVK of the K3 with the keyboard function keys but
they are dedicated to the MK II in my present configuration of K3, MK II and
Wintest. 

     The internal DVK of the K3 is almost useless to me in a serious contest
as the buttons are just too small for a quick stab.   The Orion II has an
external pod which allowed me to access its voice memories.   I suppose that
I will just have to use the MK II DVK and forgo my preferred option of using
the K3's internal DVK.

     I did not express my problem very well the first time and hope a better
job has been done this time.   Of course I change from CW to phone contests
merely by specifying a CW or phone contest to MK II.

      I have had both K3 and Orion II now for nearly eighteen months.   I
prefer the K3 in most regards but the TenTec remote pod is a God send for me
in a contest.   In fact the OII is miserable to use in a phone contest
without the Pod as one can easily hit a user profile button and change the
entire radio configuration.   The K3 does not suffer this problem but the
OII and remote Pod is easier to use in a phone contest.   The K3 has a much
larger message capacity for DVK than the OII so this is another plus for
Elecraft.

       I am a convinced K3 fan and am just trying to find the best
configuration for using it in contests.   I suppose I will need to use the
MK II voice memory which is set up but which does not sound as agreeable to
me as the internal K3 DVK   Maybe more experimentation with MK II levels
will convince me otherwise.   Thank you for your telling me of your
experience.   I see the problem better now.

                  73 Doug EI2CN
    

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lu Romero
Sent: 01 June 2010 19:09
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KDVR3, wintest and Microkeyer II

Doug:

Im curious... What are you connecting and disconnecting on
your microKEYER II to switch from a CW to a Phone contest
and why?  Is this because you are using the KDVR3 and not
the built in sound card to send the messages?

I switch from a CW to a Phone contest simply by typing CW or
USB (LSB) on the entry window of N1MMLogger.  There is no
plugging and unplugging needed of anything in the MKII.  Of
course, I use the MKII built in sound card to send and
record messages.

Ive used WinTest with my K3 at NQ4I in the last WPX SSB and
didnt have to unplug or plug anything to switch from Phone
to CW (I played with the rig on 160CW before the ssb
contest.  Nice antennas at NQ4I for 160 <grin>).  

I do not use the K3 DVK, however, I use the MKII to generate
DVK, and it works perfectly, no issues, no distortion, no
problems.  Just make sure that the levels on the hardware
pot are set correctly.  Once set, they never vary from place
to place and from N1MM at home vs. WinTest at NQ4I.

I can also pre-record messages and recall them by operator
on N1MMLogger, plus record on the fly with both N1MMLogger
and WinTest, but I have never tried to recall DVK's using
"OPON" on WinTest.  It works just fine using Control-O
(callsign) on N1MM.

-lu w4lt-
K3 # 3192






Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:35:37 +0100
From: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull at net1.ie>
Subject: [Elecraft] KDVR3, wintest and Microkeyer II
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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Has anyone married the three of these so that the KDVR3 is
used for voice
memory rather than the MicroKeyer II.   I prefer the KDVR3
to the MK II.
It would be nice to be able to use the function keys to
activate the KDVR3
while connected to MK II.   I do not want to be connecting
and disconnecting
the MK II all the time I change from a CW to phone contest. 
 This is one of
those issues which microHAM does not address and I have yet
to find the
answer from Win Test.   Too many different manufacturers are
involved but
maybe one of the people on this group has already solved
this problem.
Thanks to Tony for his e-mail regarding the N1MM.

            73 Doug EI2CN


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