Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-14 Thread Don Wilhelm
Joseph, Get yourself a *new* #1 phillips screwdriver (if your screwdriver tip looks shiny, it is worn, throw it away).  If you are trying to use a #2 (the most common phillips), then get a #1. You may be wise to replace the stripped screws.  Consider the Stainless Steel screw kit from Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-14 Thread Joseph M. Durnal
KAT3A and KIO3B installed! Had a scare as I couldn't remove the bottom center screw on the right side panel, it started stripping. I had this issue on one of the front panel screws about a year ago when I was trying to replace my VFO B encoder. I was able to get the KAT3A installed without compl

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-10 Thread Brian Hunt
I bet the KEY macro in N1MM+ would work. Purely speculation on my part since I haven't tried it but it works fine for CW. 73, Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mail

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
There is no access to FSK-D using CAT commands other than those supplying ASCII strings. FSK-D can transmit using paddle (not straight key) input, ASCII text, the FSK pin on the ACC connector (with a one transistor keying interface) or from the Terminal screen of K3 Utility. I do not know of

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-10 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
I've attempted to configure MMTTY to run FSK with my K3S. Conclusion is that a Terminal unit will be required. Using AFSK is easy and I don't find any disadvantages. No additional hardware required. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Nr4c wrote: > > None that

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-10 Thread Nr4c
None that I know of. FSK is not normally a CAT control nor is it done with “handshake” signals on standard serial port. It is passed on the TX line of a RS-232 serial connection to a discrete pin on a radio for FSK signaling. My K3 has such a pin on the Acc2 connector on the rear of the radio.

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-10 Thread Joseph M. Durnal
I don't think there is a lot of software that supports sending the FSK with CAT commands. Does anyone know of any others? J On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:42 PM Bill Frantz wrote: > On 1/9/19 at 8:05 AM, joseph.dur...@gmail.com (Joseph M. Durnal) wrote: > > >I think my only regret will be that I'll

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-09 Thread Bill Frantz
A very good idea Gordon. I do that with cocoaModem, which allows me to decode the second receiver as well, allowing Single Operator Two Receiver contesting. fldigi is also a possibility. I'm currently in the process of trying to find a place for a third monitor in my shack so I can have enough

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-09 Thread Gordon LaPoint
Using the CAT interface this way is great.  BUT you loose some decoding ability.  I run a K3 in RTTY contests, TX is FSK RX is 3 decoders, the K3 built in, mmtty and 2tone.  usually 2tone beats the other 2, with mmtty sometimes winning.  The K3 decoder misses the most.  You might want to try th

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-09 Thread Bill Frantz
On 1/9/19 at 8:05 AM, joseph.dur...@gmail.com (Joseph M. Durnal) wrote: I think my only regret will be that I'll still need my separate FSK interface, yeah yeah, AFSK, but if Elecraft didn't want us to use FSK, they wouldn't have put it in the radio. When I RTTY contest, I use a program that u

[Elecraft] KAT3A & KIO3B Upgrade for my K3

2019-01-09 Thread Joseph M. Durnal
I had written up a nice couple of e-mails for the reflector asking about upgrading my K3 with a KAT3A & KIO3B. But I went ahead and clicked check out. I'm really looking forward to cutting down a bit on the boxes and wires on my desk. I couldn't think of a more expensive way of doing that! I th