[Elecraft] another contesting how-to question

[Don Wilhelm]

Tim,

If your keying speed is at 20 WPM or less you can likely get by without 
the Winkeyer, but Windows does not allow the logger application to have 
direct control of the serial port, so there will be some timing 
differences in the keying.  At slower speeds it may not be noticeable, 
but as the speed increases, the timing becomes more critical - so use a 
WinKey to solve that problem.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/14/2012 8:26 AM, Timothy Urban wrote:
> K3 operator used to work CW contests all manually with a paddle plugged
> into K3 and a pad of paper, now would like to experiment with an integrated
> logging setup where I use a logging program to both log and send cw.
>
> Trying to figure out the shortest line from here to there with least number
> of software applications, cables, phantom com ports, etc.
>
> Can N1MM or other logging program be set up to use my computer's one RS232
> port to log using the vfo freq and to generate and send cw, or do I need a
> separate winkeyer USB box?
>