[Elecraft] K3 & microKeyer 2 setup

[Richard Ferch]

Bill,

Your point (i) refers to the microKeyer II manual; I can't help you there.

Re (ii), you cannot use PSK D with WinWarbler or most other software. For
PSK31 and most other sound card digital modes, you should use DATA A. For
RTTY, you can use either FSK D or AFSK A; both work equally well.

Re (iii), how are you doing PTT? There have been numerous reports of K3s
getting hung up in transmit at the end of messages, coming from people who
had configured their software to use both software PTT and hardware PTT in
parallel. To avoid this problem, you should not use software PTT unless
there is no hardware method available. There are several ways of
triggering hardware PTT from WinWarbler/Commander via the mK II, so
software PTT is unnecessary with this combination. You can turn software
PTT off in Commander by checking the "Suppress CAT" box under the General
tab in Commander's Configuration window.

There is more guidance on configuring WinWarbler and Commander for digital
modes on the K3 at <http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/K3PSKRTTY> .

I hope this helps.

73,
Rich VE3KI


GM0VIT wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Part 2
>
> I'm very nearly there thanks to the help given so far.
>
> (i) I managed to get through the "6 - Setting Audio Levels" to point 8 on
> page 46. The next step, adjusting the Balance, has no effect on my ALC
> levels. Am I right to assume that I can ignore this for the the K3?
>
> I've done nothing about the DVK tab as I don't plan on using it just now.
>
> (ii) I use Winwarbler in DXLabs for PSK and RTTY. I've set this up for FSK.
> Should I be using the PSK D and FSK D settings on the K3?
>
> (iii) When I run a macro (in Winwarbler) on FSK it puts the K3 into
> transmit, sends the message and puts the K3 back into receive. However,
when
> on PSK the same macro is sent okay but at the end of the macro the
> microKeyer 2 clicks but the K3 stays in transmit. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Please help
>