Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3
John, Have you looked at the terminal program that is part of the utility package available for the KX3 as a download from Elecraft? Practically any Windows PC with a RS232 or USB port can be used as a keyboard for CW, RTTY and PSK31, no sound card required. It uses the KX3 ACC1 port. With the deal you also get 16 memory buffers and a full screen display. I've been looking for a small Netbook myself to plug into my KX3. 73, Niel - W0VLZ KX3 #43 *John Lally* jlally at icehouse.net mailto:elecraft%40mailman.qth.net?Subject=Re:%20%5BElecraft%5D%20Portable%20Keyboard%20for%20KX3In-Reply-To=%3C000701cd1b67%242123d3f0%24636b7bd0%24%40net%3E /Sun Apr 15 20:23:20 EDT 2012/ 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] Portable Keyboard for KX3
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
Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3
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
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
Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3
This device has an RS232 or TTL (5V) output. I looked in the manual and didn't see the specifications for the serial port on the KX3. I apologize if I missed it, but can someone tell me the pin out of the connector and the interface level (RS232, 5V, 3.3V)? Thanks Jay On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, James kvochick jameskvoch...@me.comwrote: 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
Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3
A really neat PC Keyboard to CW encoder is the Code Buddy listed on this web page. http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/Kits/Kits.html Works great and the price is hard to beat. It will not interface with the K3 CW paddle inputs. But maybe setting the K3 to use a straight key would work, haven't tried it. Does the KX3 or K3 encode standard CW to digital modes or just their keyer dot and dash side inputs? Good luck 73 Bob W7AVK K3/100 kit s/n 4365 On 4/15/2012 5:23 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
Re: [Elecraft] Portable Keyboard for KX3
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
