[Elecraft] KX3 CW from computer

[KU7Y]

When I started having the poor keying due to Windows being busy not and 
then, I changed over to using a USB WinKeyer, so this is just not a problem 
for me.  This gives me both clean keying with the computer and lets me have 
the paddles to use too.

In the field, I'll not have a computer and will just use the internal keyer.

So for me, not being able to key via the Serial port is not important.

OK, back in my hole,

Ron, KU7Y
SOWP 5545M
Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Brenda, AZ (Winter)
Caldwell, ID (Summer)
ku7y at qsl.net
http://www.hatpinsandmore.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Estep" <esteptony at gmail.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 12 March, 2012 6:46 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 CW from computer


>I have been re-reading the manual and posts on this subject, and I am
> getting a bad feeling. I hope I am misunderstanding what I'm reading,
> but if not, the KX3 can't be keyed by a computer via the normal means
> of having the software assert RTS or DTR. If the KX3 won't do CW from
> a computer without an additional external gadget its suitability for
> DXing, FD, Sweepstakes, and other contests will be seriously hampered.
> Most FD or DXpedition ops might leave it at home and just take a K3.
>
> The solution proposed so far is to make a serial cable with a key plug
> hanging off it, plug that into the key jack, and configure the KX3 to
> see it as a straight key. Then to use a paddle, you'd need a
> Y-connector at that jack and an external keyer. I have actually had a
> setup like this, so I have the external keyer and the Y-connector, but
> it is not elegant to say the least. Much better would be to design the
> appropriate capability into the KX3. To many hams, a 10w radio is
> primarily a CW radio, so this really needs to be addressed, i.e. the
> DTR or RTS lines have to be available and capable of keying the KX3.
>
> I hope that I'm just overlooking something obvious and that the
> actually KX3 has the proper functionality and I just don't understand
> it.
>
> Tony KT0NY
>
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