[Elecraft] K3 RTTY program

[Don Wilhelm]

  Joe,

You can make your choice of several software applications - MMTTY, 
fldigi, HRD/DM780, and several others - AFSK or FSK will be part of your 
decision.
Download each of the applications and take a look at the user interface 
and choose the one you like better.
After that, yes, you will have to "Read The Fine Manual" for that 
application, and perhaps re-read the K3 Data Modes section of the manual 
to see how to connect it and set the K3 for whichever FSK-D or AFSK that 
you have chosen for your software application.
There are just too many combinations and personal preferences for anyone 
else to tell you how you should do it.

If in the process of RTFM there is something you need clarification 
about, then I am certain a pointed question here will bring you several 
answers, but given the question you have asked, you will get answers 
"all over the board" because there are many combinations and permutations.

I really don't want to discourage you, but that is just the way it 
really is.  If you want to "do it the easy way", use MMTTY as a 
soundcard application (AFSK-A not FSK-D) and connect your soundcard line 
in/out to the K3 line out/in, and select PTT with DTR in both MMTTY and 
on the K3 CONFIG menu.  Click the RTTY signal in the waterfall and 
communicate. (yes, you will have to set the soundcard line output level 
and the K3 line-in level for 4 to 5 bars of ALC (do that adjustment in 
TX TEST) - do not use compression for data modes.  Click on the RTTY 
signal wanted in the waterfall and make the contact.

That should get you started, but you may want to expand beyond that easy 
start.  If all that does not make sense to you right now, you will have 
to do some study to put it all together.  There are so many variations 
and personal preferences that "spoon feeding" is not possible.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/22/2010 6:33 PM, W8JH wrote:
> Any suggestions on an easy to use RTTY program for the K3?  Very casual use
> expected.  I would like to spend my time on the air rather than reading a
> huge pdf manual!
> 73,
> Joe