Re: [Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio

2018-12-30 Thread Devin Butterfield
One of the potential issues no one has mentioned is that JT and friends released the code for FT8 under the GNU GPL license. This means if you link this into any proprietary closed device or firmware, you would violate the terms of the license. You would have to either: 1. Write a cleanroom

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Odd ALC behavior

2017-08-03 Thread Devin Butterfield
Hi, I’ve seen the same behavior when running digital modes on my KX3. It seems like maybe it does that (dropping to zero) when overdriven? Just a guess. — Regards, Devin / K6DRS > On Aug 3, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an issue in regards to obtaining

[Elecraft] KX3 serial programming (TQ issue)

2017-04-18 Thread Devin Butterfield
Hi Folks, I am writing some code to control my KX3 and referring to Rev. G1, March 16, 2017 of the programmer’s manual. I have found that the RX command (turn PTT off) followed by TQ always returns TQ1. It seems that a huge delay of about 500ms is required before calling TQ to get the updated

Re: [Elecraft] Data Received on Mac Transmitted by K3S

2017-04-05 Thread Devin Butterfield
Maybe VOX is enabled?? — Regards, Devin > On Apr 5, 2017, at 8:18 AM, Robert Nobis wrote: > > Check your audio settings, under systems preferences. > > > Bob Nobis > n7...@nobis.net > > >> On Apr 5, 2017, at 07:51, stengrevics

Re: [Elecraft] BPF Bypass

2017-03-10 Thread Devin Butterfield
bandpass filter relays with full 24/7 ALE. > > > On 3/9/2017 22:07 PM, Devin Butterfield wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a KX3 and so far I’m very pleased. Very nice design and good build. >> >> I would like to use this radio for ALE, which requires cross-b

[Elecraft] BPF Bypass

2017-03-09 Thread Devin Butterfield
Hi, I have a KX3 and so far I’m very pleased. Very nice design and good build. I would like to use this radio for ALE, which requires cross-band scanning. This mode is used only for initial detection. If I use the KX3 as is, when changing bands I can clearly hear relays switching, which I