[Elecraft] KH1 Logging Feature now available (production firmware rev. 1.22)

[Wayne Burdick]

We've completed the logging feature for the KH1. See detailed release notes for rev. 1.22 below. You can access the new firmware directly through KH1 Utility.

While the logging feature was optimized with SOTA and other field ops in mind, it can be used for all contacts made using the KH1's built-in keyer. You can log outgoing text as well as non-transmitted notes (about stations worked, or just field observations).

On a related topic: We should have the Mac and Linux versions of KH1 Utility on the website within a day or two.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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KH1 Firmware Information

KH1 MCU 1.22, 11 Dec. 2023

* ADDED LOGGING FEATURE: The KH1 can internally log up to 50,000 characters (paddle-entered text + time stamps). Alerts will be flashed as you hit the 50%, 75%, 90%, 95%, and 100% full levels.

Transmit characters are logged in UPPER CASE. Playing messages creates log entries of “[Mn]” (n = 1-6). The log is time-stamped about once per minute as you send. Example: “{231209-1130-20CW}” indicates a transmission on Dec. 9, 2023, at 11:30Z, on 20 meter CW.

You can also log non-transmitted notations. Whenever you tap MSG, but haven’t yet played one of the messages, any paddle-sent text will be logged in lower case (and is not transmitted). This is useful for logging call signs of stations you’ve worked by sending only your call (the usual for SOTA and DX chasing). TX TEST mode behaves the same.

TO USE BUILT-IN LOGGING:

1. Set the time and date using MENU:ADJ TIME and MENU:ADJ DATE. Then set MENU:LOGGING to ON and exit the menu. An ‘L’ will flash slowly on LCD line 1, near the mode letter.

2. To view recent log text, set MENU:LOGGING to VIEW and exit. The LCD shows 32 characters of the log; use the VFO knob to scroll. Tap a switch or paddle to exit. Note: You may wish to assign MENU:LOGGING to a PFn switch function to quickly review logged QSOs. Using the PFn switch switches to LOGGING=VIEW until you tap any switch or a paddle.

3. To send log data to a computer: (a) unplug the paddle, (b) set MENU:KEY JACK to RS232, (c) plug in a KXUSB cable at the KEY/DATA jack, (d) run KH1 Utility (Command Tester screen) or any terminal emulator (9600 baud). Finally, (e) set MENU:LOGGING to SEND TO PC and exit the menu. During a log dump, do not press any KH1 switches or the paddle.

4. To erase all log data: Set MENU:LOGGING to ERASE and exit the menu. 

* VFO LOCK APPLIES TO VFO AND XIT, BUT NOT RIT. When locked, an alert flashed when turning knob. In BAND/MODE group, VFO/XIT lock/unlock control is now “LOK” rather than a padlock symbol.

* MSG PLAY/REPEAT BUG FIX: MSG->RPx was leaving "RP1 RP2 RP3 REC" displayed on LCD line 2.

* MSG CLEAR BUG FIX: Message clear was only clearing MSG1.