[Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

The problem I had with the WKremote solution is that it sends a letter
at a time. It has to wait for you to key a complete letter before it
sends it over the network to the remote site. This results in strange
spacing - it takes longer to key in a '6' than it does to send a 'N',
so, e.g., my callsign comes out as "N <space> 6ML".

I believe that the RemoteRig solution sends individual elements (dits
and dahs), not complete letters, over the network to avoid this
problem.

I had a problem with my remote WinKeyer a while back. Intermittently,
CW would come out "warbly" (almost like RF getting into the keying
line, but it wasn't that). When the weather got really cold (by W6
standards - i.e. below 40F:), it'd fail completely first thing in the
morning, until I turned the K3 on and let things warm up for a while
(the WinKeyer sits on top of the K3). I was worried that it was
something inside the K3 that was failing, but after I replaced both
the WinKeyer and the cable connecting it to the K3, it's been 100%
fine since. I still don't know if it was the WinKeyer or the cable
that was causing the problem, but didn't want to have to make a second
trip in those "frigid" temps :)

73,

    ~iain / N6ML



On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)
<PKA at telepost.gl> wrote:
> Hi David
> If you mean how to set-up the Winkey Server/Client there is a very well written document available on K1EL website:
> http://k1el.tripod.com/WKremote.html
> It is indeed very easy and simple to set up if you follow that document. It did not take me many minutes before I had adjusted to operating RC CW that way: you have a small latency from the WK when using two linked WKs. But it is really not a problem in my view. I have used CW for over 50 years. For very fast QSK QSOs, though,  I think you would not like it. For standard bk-type QSOs its indeed useable - even when through an internet connection with 200 msec ping-time.
>
> If you mean RC in general, there are many ways to do it. My low-cost solution is just one.
> Anyone want to know more contact me off-list.
>
> 73/OZ4UN
> Poul-Erik
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: David Cutter [mailto:d.cutter at ntlworld.com]
> Sendt: 8. marts 2014 11:22
> Til: Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Emne: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
>
> What an astonishing idea!  I have hesitated to make a remote station because of the latency problem, but this will encourage me to look further.  Do you have a diagram of your set-up you could share?
>
> 73
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)" <PKA at telepost.gl>
> To: <don at w3fpr.com>
> Cc: "Elecraft Email List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
>
>
>> Jed, I would also suspect the cable (having had some problems with one
>> myself).
>>
>> Not directly related: I have just tried connecting two winkeyers in
>> Server/Client mode. It works great. I just came back from a short trip to
>> OX and worked RC on internet with a 200 msec delay and it worked real
>> nice. Used a WK-compatible keyer from G3ZLP at the Client end and an
>> original Winkeyer in the shack at home. It is certainly an easy way to
>> operate remotely using a paddle.
>>
>> OZ4UN/Poul-Erik
>>
>> Sendt fra min iPad
>>
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