[Elecraft] Terminal decoding on KX3 paddle generated CW

[Wayne Burdick]

Gary,

There is a way to do this. It works equally well on the K2, K3, K3S, KX2, and KX3.

1. Go into the KX3 Utility “Command Tester” window. (Or use any terminal emulator application of your choice.)

2. Send the command “TT1;” to the radio from the computer. This will put the rig into a mode where both transmitted and received characters are outputted to the serial port, including those sent with the keyer paddle or message memories.

3. To turn this mode off, send “TT0;”.

Note that this feature works with the built-in PSK31/PSK63 and RTTY modes of all of the rigs as well.

If you decide to try making contacts using CW or the built-in data modes, check out the “Terminal” function of the Utility. It allows you to use the computer’s keyboard rather than the keyer paddle.

73,
Wayne
N6KR




> On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:49 AM, Gary Hawkins <gary at hawkins-zhu.com> wrote:
> 
> 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