[Elecraft] KX3 firmware rev. 1.51 with CW-in-SSB feature (attached)

[Jim Sheldon]

I get the same thing.  It uses whatever CW speed you have set before you turn the mode on, and there's no way I can find to change speeds agaom unless I switch to CW, change speed and switch back to SSB.  CW in SSB does, however stay enabled when you switch back to SSB mode so you don't have to fiddle with the menu and enable it again.  This might present a problem in an emergency situation where you need to slow your CW way down for a "CW Challenged" SSB operator to get your message through and you might get ignored because you couldn't slow the speed down fast enough.

Jim - W0EB

> Hmm. Seems to work with the internal keyer (CW KEY1 = TiP=dot) but
> noted the following:
>
> With an external keyer (CW KEY1=HAnd), the first time I send
> something, VOX stops working and the rig will transmit ONLY CW. The
> VOX annunciator remains on but there is no VOX. Tapping XMIT keys
> the rig on CW. This isn't a far-out use case. The station is cabled
> for two radios, a K3 and a KX3. Switching is through an external
> SO2R box that contains a keyer to drive a selected radio, so use of
> CW KEY1=HAnd is mandatory. The K3 CW+SSB function works properly in
> this respect.
>
>
> There seems to be no way to adjust CW speed while in voice mode
> because tapping KEYER/MIC changes metering and holding it changes
> PWR. The only way I can find to make that knob adjust speed is to
> enter CW mode. The K3 SPEED/MIC control can be toggled even when in
> voice modes. The KX3 combines the function of the K3 METER button
> with the KEYER/MIC+PWR knob, leaving speed control problematic in
> voice modes. 
>
>
> /Rick
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
> Some of you volunteered to test this firmware. Others participated
> in the recent thread discussing it, and I'm hoping you'll be
> surprised to find that the feature now exists :)
>
> See recent release notes below, which include instructions for
> using CW-in-SSB. Please let me know if it works as expected.
>
> Use the instructions for installing beta-test firmware on our KX3
> software page.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR