The KX3's RS-232 port will accept KX3 programmer's reference commands, but you'll need to wrap all the text you want sent as CW or RTTY or PSK31 with a KY command, no longer than the internal command buffer, and a semicolon to end the string and start sending.
These details are taken care of by the KX3 Utility's terminal tab, which operates on a PC, and provides a screen buffer that displays more than a few characters at a time. A small netbook will suffice, and the netbook has utility beyond a rig-specific keyboard. Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James kvochick Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:41 PM To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; John Lally Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3 http://www.icircuits.com/store/prod_misc_main.html Has a PC to ASCII converter Jim WB8AZP Sent from my iPad On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > John, > > You would be referring in a keyboard to ASCII conversion. During my > early years (1970s timeframe), with homebrew computers, I actually had > a keyboard that had ASCII output, but that gave way to the IBM PC > keyboard which has been the de-facto standard ever since. > > So,if you can discover an IBMPC keyboard to ASCII converter, you could > feed that output to the KX3 and it would do digital for you. > > In the meantime, there is PSK D and FSK D data modes that will accept > CW keying and produce PSK31 or RTTY output from the KX3 - *and* will > display the decoded text in the VFO B display area. That is indeed > quite an accomplishment. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/15/2012 8:23 PM, John Lally wrote: >> Does anyone know of a portable keyboard one can use to key the KX3? >> This would probably be through the key input on the KX3 so that I >> could type in CW,RTTY, and PSK31 into the KX3. Preferably, this >> portable keyboard would be self powered by its own internal battery. >> Also a smaller sized keyboard would be preferable. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> John >> >> W7JJL >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
