On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:09:40 -0700, Jay wrote: > Do I need to order anything else or >specific software to make this happen?
Everything you need in the radio to run PSK or RTTY is part of the basic K3. No extras required. You can even run PSK or RTTY by sending with a paddle and letting the K3 decode for you. I have worked DXpeditions that way, and a few souls have even worked contests that way (I don't recommend it). For more serious PSK or RTTY work, you will want to use your computer sound card to generate the RTTY or PSK tones and to decode the tones. Most guys who use only RTTY use MMTTY, a freeware program that works by itself for general QSOs and integrates with several contest loggers (Writelog, N1MM) for contests. For PSK, the nicest software I know of is DM780, also freeware, distributed by the guy who wrote Ham Radio Deluxe, a very nice radio control program, also freeware. All of this stuff is easy to use and install on your computer. To use this software, you will need three cables between your computer and the K3. You need a serial cable for radio control, a cable from the sound card output to the radio input, and one from the radio output to the sound card input. You should also do the simple chassis bonding shown in my Power Point. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf It's also explained in words in Chapter 8 of http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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
