Re: [Elecraft] K-Line on digital modes

2014-05-21 Thread Wes (N7WS)
I second every bit of this. It's exactly how I do it. Wes N7WS On 5/20/2014 7:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote: All digital modes work just fine on a K3 in VOX mode. I've never used anything else. Thus, the only need for a serial port is for logging software. I use computer software to generate and

[Elecraft] K-Line on digital modes

2014-05-20 Thread Doug Person via Elecraft
I have a full K-line setup (K3, P3, KPA500, KAT500) and I've been trying to get the K3 working on digital modes. I can't seem to get it to transmit. Using the K3 Utility, I can verify the K3 at a particular com port. Firmware updates work fine. I can read PSK in terminal mode. But, when I

Re: [Elecraft] K-Line on digital modes

2014-05-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Doug, Are you attempting to send PSK31 from the K3 Utility Terminal window? Or from another application? If from the K3 Utility, there is no need for DTR or RTS because K3 Utility sends the TX command via the RS-232 com port as a command. If you are using some other computer application,

Re: [Elecraft] K-Line on digital modes

2014-05-20 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/20/2014 7:13 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: If you are using some other computer application, you will have to set things up in that application to properly key the K3 All digital modes work just fine on a K3 in VOX mode. I've never used anything else. Thus, the only need for a serial port is

Re: [Elecraft] K-Line on digital modes

2014-05-20 Thread Keith Onishi
With the K3 Utility, it seems that clicking on the transmit button on the utility screen without any message in the message box does not switch K3 to transmit mode. K3 Utility is not a good tool to extensively operate digital mode. I would recommend some other tools such as MMTTY for RTTY and