[Elecraft] Terminal decoding on KX3 paddle generated CW

Gary Hawkins gary at hawkins-zhu.com
Sat Mar 3 10:49:59 EST 2018


I'm trying to learn CW, in particular the sending part.  I've a KX3 with 
Elecraft paddle.  When sending, I can see my CW on the VFO B section of 
the KX3 screen but I was also hoping to view it in the Terminal section 
of the KX3 Utility program. I could not get this to work and asked 
Elecraft what I was doing wrong.

I learned you cannot view transmitter decoding in the Terminal screen 
when you send CW directly from the KX3 using a KX3 paddle, as the KX3 
does not send serial data out the ACC1 port at the same time it is 
transmitting, due to limitations with MCU loading.

Have others experienced this problem?  How did you overcome the issue.  
The only thing I can think of currently is have an app on an 
ipad/Andriod device listen to the KX3 speaker and decode what I'm 
sending.  I want to do this so I can see just how good/bad I'm sending 
for longer transmissions.

Best regards,

Gary K6YOA



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