[Elecraft] How does fskd work on the k3?

[Tom]

Thanks Rick.  I was unaware of the keying of the k3 via the acc pin. 
I'm using mmtty with a microham and all of a sudden I was only getting a couple of characters at a time.  Didn't want to mention the microham at this point.  But I bet there's a good chance the acc cable is loose!  I just installed it all yesterday and did lots of connections. 
Thanks






-------- Original message --------
From: Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com> 
Date: 29/12/2013  18:03  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Tom <tomb18 at videotron.ca> 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How does fskd work on the k3? 
 
You can FSkey the K3 via the ACC jack pin 1. The keying is simply on/off and the K3 generates the shift. I don't know what you mean by "use the k3 without software." You still need software to generate the FSK on/off keying signal. You tell your RTTY software (MMTTY or a logger program, for examples) to use FSK instead of AFSK. Usually they key the rig through a COM port which you must select and connect to ACC Pin 1 through a level converter. Details in the manuals.

73,