[Elecraft] K3-S - CW Keying for Contests

[Rick Prather]

I second the vote for RUMLogNG for both general logging and many contests.
It's a good way to get back in without spending the time required to learn
the Windows contest programs.

BTW, RUMLogNG supports the WINkeyer and I usually use it but I have never
had problem with my Mac using the onboard K3 Keyer ( an option with the RUM
family ).

BTW, the K3 and P3 control screens built in to RUMLogNG are great and very
useful and I find myself really missing the P3 control screen if I am
running something else.

Unsupported or not I find CocoaModem to be very useful especially if you
have the Sub receiver.  It lets you monitor both receivers on one screen.

Anyway, I suggest you start out with these Mac programs and if you later
decide you are missing something then you can go through the hoops of
setting up a VM and running Windows.

Have fun,

RIck
K6LE

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:46 PM, <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

> For CW and RTTY FSK keying I use a MicroHAM DigiKeyerII. This has the
> WinKey
> chip and it is easy to install and operate however I do not know if it will
> work with a non-Windows computer.
>
> GL,
> John KK9A
>
> Wed Jan 27 13:51:20 EST 2016
> Fellow Hams,
>                      I received my K3-S a few weeks ago - and I have been
> marvelling at it's features. I still am awaiting the arrival of a rotator -
> and them I will hoist some Yagi's up. but in the meantime - I am enjoying
> the awesome RX/TX on this radio..
>
>         I used to be quite an active contest station (alas no 4x4x4 here) -
> on CW/SSB and Occasionally RTTY - so please may I ask for some
> steerage/advice regarding the best way to connect a K3-S to a PC so I can
> automate some of the repetition of contest work .. I fully understand and
> accept "DE TEST" is not everyone's cup of tea. But I enjoy it at times.
>
>         It appears that WinKeyer is popular - will that suffice just for CW
> ? How about Data Modes ??
>
>         I would prefer not to have 3 or 4 options - but too keep things
> simple. In the "old days" I used to use a SignaLink - which I found
> flexible
> and worthwhile.
>
>
>         OS for PC:
>                         Linux or Mac - NOT Windows
>
>         Many thanks for taking the time to read this
>
>
>         Regards
>
>                         Tim - A45WG
>
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