[Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > One caveat though with listening on vfo b. Many people use the built
 > in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such as cwget to assist
 > them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose that
 > functionality.

For those who are so disabled as to require an external "crutch" to
copy their own call and 5NN, it is a simple matter to reverse channels
in the sound card (at most it requires a "reversing cable") to decode
audio on the sub Receiver.

Properly designed software will provide the ability to select Left or
Right channel audio - that means simply clicking a radio box to choose
Main or Sub Rx.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 2015-02-06 10:57 AM, Tom Blahovici wrote:
> Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b. Many people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such as cwget to assist them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose that functionality.
> Two things would be great here. One, having decoding built into the k3 subreceiver.  That would fix this when you use it like you do. Second, cw skimmer should have an option to qsy on vfo b as well.
> Tom
> va2fsq.com
>
> On Feb 6, 2015 10:06 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it
>> decodes the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you
>> can click on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that
>> frequency.  I'm using it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the
>> Softrock-IF mode.
>>
>> One rub, though, is that the pileups are so wide that it often is not
>> possible to go split, listen on VFO A, and transmit on the second VFO,.
>> because Skimmer tracks VFOA and the action is too far above K1N's
>> frequency to display on my monitor.  My K3 has the separate subRX,
>> happily, so I can invert things - listen to K1N on VFO B, while tuning
>> up the band on VFO A looking for the last successful caller. Works
>> amazingly well.
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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