[Elecraft] Ham Radio Deluxe and KX3 Radio

[Dave]

AH, it's coming back to me!

Many years ago Simon added the code so that you could use the Kenwood CAT 
code to key the radio.

I've also seen the serial port thing done, but that needs either a second 
COM port or a special cable to be made up so that the keying to the CW jack 
is in the same socket as the COM port connection.

Does the KX3 have the same commands for keying the CW circuits via the CAT 
interface like some Kenwood radios do?

Dave (G0DJA)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Ham Radio Deluxe and KX3 Radio


> The KX3 can be keyed using the "KY" command, but I do not think HRD/DM780 
> implements that command - few applications do.
> The easiest solution is to use the K1EL Winkeyer.
> HRD/DM780 can also send CW using a serial port, but that is a different 
> port than is used for rig control, and you need something like the 'one 
> transistor keying interface' to make the RS-232 signal levels into on-off 
> switching needed to key the rig.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 1/5/2014 5:40 PM, Dave wrote:
>> I'm going to assume that when you say "HRD" you actually mean DM-780 
>> which is the program within HRD that is used to send and receive 
>> datamodes.
>>
>> I didn't think that DM-780 would key CW, or at least it did not do this 
>> when I used it.  However, it may do so now, but how are you asking DM-780 
>> to key the rig?  Have they added a tone generator for CW?  If not, then 
>> how is the command to key CW going to the rig?
>>
>> I'm not sure if the KX3 has a 'KEY CW' command on the serial port, but if 
>> it doesn't have that then it may be that there's no way to send a key 
>> up/down command to the radio...
>>
>> Dave (G0DJA)
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 9:11 PM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] Ham Radio Deluxe and KX3 Radio
>>
>>
>>> I have been configuring HRD with my KX3 and wondering if anyone else has
>>> done so?
>>>
>>> I can get HRD to copy and send PSK31 and RTTY with the KX3 in Data A 
>>> (rev)
>>> mode. Although I can copy CW, HRD will not key the KX3 for CW
>>>
>>> I have tried multiple setting in the KX3 and HRD.
>>>
>>> Has anyone been able to get CW to work with HRD?
>>>
>
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