I have been re-reading the manual and posts on this subject, and I am getting a bad feeling. I hope I am misunderstanding what I'm reading, but if not, the KX3 can't be keyed by a computer via the normal means of having the software assert RTS or DTR. If the KX3 won't do CW from a computer without an additional external gadget its suitability for DXing, FD, Sweepstakes, and other contests will be seriously hampered. Most FD or DXpedition ops might leave it at home and just take a K3.
The solution proposed so far is to make a serial cable with a key plug hanging off it, plug that into the key jack, and configure the KX3 to see it as a straight key. Then to use a paddle, you'd need a Y-connector at that jack and an external keyer. I have actually had a setup like this, so I have the external keyer and the Y-connector, but it is not elegant to say the least. Much better would be to design the appropriate capability into the KX3. To many hams, a 10w radio is primarily a CW radio, so this really needs to be addressed, i.e. the DTR or RTS lines have to be available and capable of keying the KX3. I hope that I'm just overlooking something obvious and that the actually KX3 has the proper functionality and I just don't understand it. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
