[Elecraft] Using N1MM to Key a K3 with no outboard keyer

[Gary Smith]

My regrets that this does not answer the 
topic but FWIW, I was having a lot of 
issues getting N1MM to work with the 
Elecraft keyer. Sometimes it would work 
and other times I would even get N1MM to 
freeze. I utilized Win4K3Suite which is a 
fine software for compatibly but I still 
had intermittent issues with the keying.

I finally bought the Winkeyer USB and only 
have it plugged into the USB port in a 
powered USB hub (or direct to the 
computer) and a cable running from "KEY" 
on the winkeyer to "KEY" on the K3. I then 
checked off Winkeyer in the N1MM 
configuration and that was it, plug & play 
and the CW with N1MM is perfect.

If you can't get a consistent workable 
solution, this is one workable answer to 
getting N1MM to play nice on CW.

73,
Gary
KA1J


> "but here's my question -- what is the CATA1ASC for?"
> 
> http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Macros
> 
> As a TS-590 owner it's interesting that KY command as implemented by
> Elecraft does not conform to the Kenwood definition.  The Elecraft
> implementation is much better since it allows KY strings to be less
> than the full length required by Kenwood.   The difference is huge
> because it means the application can use string substitution where the
> substitution is not a constant length (as in callsign or serial
> number).
> 
> 73,
> Andy k3wyc