Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer
Hi George, Being terminally lazy, I too tired of reaching all the way over to the radio when I wanted to trigger the voice keyer! To solve the problem (as well as the more serious irritation of losing audio for a fraction of a second when I tap the PTT to cancel message playback) I've made a custom PTT controller using a Wii nunchuk and an arduino that talks to the K3 over serial. There are a couple of blog posts on it here: http://clarkema.org/posts/2011-12/2011-12-20-arduino-rig-control.html http://clarkema.org/posts/2012-01/2012-01-05-arduino-rig-control.html It's all very rough at the moment, buut I've been using it on air since the beginning of the year and been delighted with it. Indeed, I've found that the ease of triggering playback has changed the whole way I use the voice keyer. I'm hoping to be able to publish a more polished version of the setup including serial pasthrough when I get back to the UK; but the basic hard-coded version is fairly straightforward to implement if you have access to an Arduino and something you want to use as a controller. 73, -- Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH On 22/Jan 22:40, georgek...@aol.com wrote: Also, is there a way to key the messages from an external key pad, kinda like the iMate is for the Icom 756Pro radios? 73, George __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer
Since you can access the M1-M4 buttons for 'playback' from N1MM for CW messages, I assume it (N1MM) could playback the M1-M4 DVR messages as well. I think it just sends the EPL macro as ascii text over the serial line. ...bill nr4c On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:01 +, Mike Clarke wrote: Hi George, Being terminally lazy, I too tired of reaching all the way over to the radio when I wanted to trigger the voice keyer! To solve the problem (as well as the more serious irritation of losing audio for a fraction of a second when I tap the PTT to cancel message playback) I've made a custom PTT controller using a Wii nunchuk and an arduino that talks to the K3 over serial. There are a couple of blog posts on it here: http://clarkema.org/posts/2011-12/2011-12-20-arduino-rig-control.html http://clarkema.org/posts/2012-01/2012-01-05-arduino-rig-control.html It's all very rough at the moment, buut I've been using it on air since the beginning of the year and been delighted with it. Indeed, I've found that the ease of triggering playback has changed the whole way I use the voice keyer. I'm hoping to be able to publish a more polished version of the setup including serial pasthrough when I get back to the UK; but the basic hard-coded version is fairly straightforward to implement if you have access to an Arduino and something you want to use as a controller. 73, -- Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH On 22/Jan 22:40, georgek...@aol.com wrote: Also, is there a way to key the messages from an external key pad, kinda like the iMate is for the Icom 756Pro radios? 73, George __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer
True, and DXLab's WinWarbler works too. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- Since you can access the M1-M4 buttons for 'playback' from N1MM for CW messages, I assume it (N1MM) could playback the M1-M4 DVR messages as well. I think it just sends the EPL macro as ascii text over the serial line. ...bill nr4c On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:01 +, Mike Clarke wrote: Hi George, Being terminally lazy, I too tired of reaching all the way over to the radio when I wanted to trigger the voice keyer! To solve the problem (as well as the more serious irritation of losing audio for a fraction of a second when I tap the PTT to cancel message playback) I've made a custom PTT controller using a Wii nunchuk and an arduino that talks to the K3 over serial. There are a couple of blog posts on it here: http://clarkema.org/posts/2011-12/2011-12-20-arduino-rig-control.html http://clarkema.org/posts/2012-01/2012-01-05-arduino-rig-control.html It's all very rough at the moment, buut I've been using it on air since the beginning of the year and been delighted with it. Indeed, I've found that the ease of triggering playback has changed the whole way I use the voice keyer. I'm hoping to be able to publish a more polished version of the setup including serial pasthrough when I get back to the UK; but the basic hard-coded version is fairly straightforward to implement if you have access to an Arduino and something you want to use as a controller. 73, -- Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH On 22/Jan 22:40, georgek...@aol.com wrote: Also, is there a way to key the messages from an external key pad, kinda like the iMate is for the Icom 756Pro radios? 73, George __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer
In theory of course it can be done from any logging program that lets you send macros to the radio. All you need to do is emulate button presses, which is exactly what I do with the Arduino. I just prefer having a physical controller. -- Mike, VP8DMH On 23/Jan 08:50, Jim McDonald wrote: True, and DXLab's WinWarbler works too. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- Since you can access the M1-M4 buttons for 'playback' from N1MM for CW messages, I assume it (N1MM) could playback the M1-M4 DVR messages as well. I think it just sends the EPL macro as ascii text over the serial line. ...bill nr4c __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer
Hi George. Sounds to me like you are using VOX, and it is too sensitive. Try turning VOX off (e.g. press a PTT footswitch when you want to transmit live audio - the voice keyer automagically asserts PTT when triggered for the duration of the message) or at least turning down the VOX sensitivity. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of georgek...@aol.com Sent: Monday, 23 January 2012 4:41 p.m. To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer My K3's voice keyer works great. I use the K3 with a CM500 boom mic/headset. When transmitting a recorded voice message, any slight touch, bump, or noise on the mic will stop the message. Is there a way to prevent a noise or bump to the mic from stopping the message (other than not bumping or making a noise on the mic, of course)? Also, is there a way to key the messages from an external key pad, kinda like the iMate is for the Icom 756Pro radios? 73, George George Wagner, K5KG Sarasota, FL __ 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 __ 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
