[Elecraft] seeking help to use fldigi for CW with K3 and KX3
Bob McGraw - K4TAX
rmcgraw at blomand.net
Wed Aug 19 16:14:14 EDT 2015
The Squelch level I am referencing is on the FLDIGI screen and not on
the radio.
73
Bob, K4TAX
K3S s/n 10,163
On 8/19/2015 3:08 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> I suspect that Squelch is either turned on and if so the threshold is
> too high. I normally run with squelch on but the threshold set very
> low. This is the squelch level bar on the lower right side.
>
> I am using FLDIGI version 3.22.13. I set the mode for PKTLSB when I
> work CW. You may also need to adjust the CODEC level via the
> soundcard in the compter. This may depend on Windows version. I'm
> running Windows 10 quite nicely with few issues.
>
> The radio mode is set for TXDATA, Data A, and REV for CW which is
> LSB. When I change the FLDIGI mode to CW then the radio follows as
> I am running CAT control. So in the upper left of the FLDIGI screen,
> set the mode to PKTLSB and the lower left should show the CW RX speed
> and then the next box to the right the CW sending speed as two digits.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
> K3S s/n 10,163
>
> On 8/19/2015 10:47 AM, jsdroyster at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> Hello to all!
>> My husband Larry, NC4LR, has a neurological disease and cannot manage
>> CW manually.
>> I want to enable him to use fldigi for CW since he now uses it for
>> PSK and RTTY.
>>
>> Don Wilhelm has told me to leave the K3 in Data-A mode, which works
>> fine for PSK and RTTY using fldigi.
>>
>> Then in fldigi, I choose op mode as CW and leave the box under
>> frequency as USB (where it is for PSK and RTTY also).
>> I can see CW signals on the waterfall but nothing gets decoded.
>> I tried changing the WPM setting but this did not help (I understand
>> you are supposed to get the WPM approximately matching the incoming
>> signal).
>>
>> What could be preventing decoding?? Any ideas?
>>
>> THANKS for any help anyone can offer!!!!
>> Julie KT4JR
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