I must be missing something here. For the life of my I can't figure why you would want to be changing frequency while transmitting CW (or any other mode)
73 de Terry KK6T K3# 2965 Bill W4ZV wrote: > One of our Field Testers has done this, but I would not be surprised to see > Elecraft eventually offer something similar as a standard product. Below > are the FT's comments (sans callsign) since I doubt he wants a lot of > queries about it. > > 73, Bill W4ZV > > > On 2008-12-13, at 13:30 , **** wrote: > > >> This is one for the lowest-priority end of the missing-feature list. >> I built a box with two pushbuttons wired to the DOWN and UP pins on the >> front panel MIC connector, to simulate a remote VFO A "knob." It works >> nicely: tap to step, hold to scan. But, taps while sending CW via KEY mess >> up the beautiful dots and dashes (dare I say: just like touching almost >> any control on an Orion II while sending :=). Strangely, holds do not >> affect the CW at all. >> > > > I've just interfaced the Griffin PowerMate "multimedia USB control knob" > with my Mac contest logging program (SkookumLogger). I use it in two modes, > controlling either the RIT/XIT offset or VFOA frequency. In either mode, > twirling the knob smoothly varies the K3 frequency at a reasonable rate for > tuning around a CW run frequency. There's a PowerMate-related issue that I > can live with: it operates by "pressing" command keys for you; if you twirl > the knob a lot it queues up all those "presses" and there is no way to stop > it from stubbornly playing back the complete queue. > > I've also got the PowerMate rigged to clear the offset (copies VFOB to VFOA > when controlling VFOA frequency). And one other gesture does a "Swap", which > is tough to explain in less than a paragraph. > > Changing the K3 frequency this way does *not* affect CW. I'm now a Happy > Ham, no longer waiting for the hoped-for K3 remote control unit :-) > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
