[Elecraft] K3 and FLDigi

[Mike Reublin NF4L]

With a lot of help from people here, it's working.

I'm using an iMic USB sound card. Sound setup in a Mac is tedious. Adjust the level to 3 or 4 bars on the K3 ALC meter. I was unable to get the flickering bar. My slider took me from 3 bars to 7 with the least I could move the slider.

In fldigi, select the Configure menu item, then Rig Control. On the dialog that appears select the Rig tab, then the Hamlib tab. 
For Rig, choose Elecraft K3/KX5 (Beta).
Device, choose the serial port that connects the 'puter to the K3.
Baud Rate to 38400(must match what the K3 is set to), 1 stop bit.
Sideband is Rig Mode
Check Use Hamlib and PTT via Hamlib command. Click Initialize, and Save.

I don't like this arrangement, because I want my logging program to connect to the K3, but if this isn't set, then fldigi doesn't generate any tones. There has to a way to key using VOX.

Select the Audio tab and set your sound IO. Click Save.

Operator info was filled in. Click Save and Close.

Click Op Mode and choose RTTY, then your RTTY flavor. That sets the box in the lower left corner of the screen to RTTY. Don't click on that box and change anything there.

There is a box and down arrow just under the frequency display. Set that and it changes the mode on the K3, so I choose RTTY. The DATA sub-mode on the K3 is AFSK A.

Any further info welcome!

73, Mike NF4L

> On Feb 24, 2015, at 13:09, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I've been using CocoaModem, but since Chen isn't supporting it anymore, I feel the need to move on.
> 
> I'm trying to get fldigi working, hopefully with RUMLogNG.
> 
> It decodes CW but not RTTY, and doesn't transmit either. I suspect off-line would be best.
> 
> 73, Mike NF4L
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