[Elecraft] K3/0, Remote Rig & Winkey

[R.S.Hradilek]

I don't have a K3/0 yet, and need to make sure I can use it with 
Winkey.

The internal keyer in the K3 would be fine, if only it supported 
AUTOSPACE. A lot of rigs have built in keyers, and to the best of my
knowledge NONE support autospace. This is curious, as most DO support 
the ability to modify the dit/dah ratio so you can send mangled CW. 
Autospace enables sending perfect CW, which is not supported. I built 
my first autospaced keyer (WB4VVF) in the 70's, so doing without the 
feature is not an option because I send well ahead of the keyer. 
(Without the feature, my letters run together with very little space 
between and I sound horrible). I currently use a Winkeyer due to its 
integration with contest software.

I presume that the keyer built into Remote Rig doesn't support 
autospace either. I really hope I am wrong. I see where it's possible 
to connect a straight key or keyer to the Remote Rig port and 
override the built-in keyer. Need to make a special cable? Not a 
problem. My question is: What would I sound like at 30+ WPM?

This has to do with how (or if) completed characters are passed along 
the TCP/IP connection. The Winkeyer can read ASCII characters from a 
PC and send them as dit and dahs, but we would be sending dits and 
dahs to Remote Rig, and it would be sending them to the station with 
a certain amount of latency. Is Remote Rig translating the dits and 
dahs into ASCII characters and sending them, or would we be sending 
the raw dits and dahs over TCP/IP, hoping for no distortion due to 
latency?

Roy -- AD5Q