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Elecraft K3 Radio
Setup and Connections for PSK:
- Turn the Elecraft K3 transceiver “Off”.
- Connect “Line In” port on rear of
transceiver to computer “Line Out” using a monaural cable.
- Connect “Line Out” port on rear of
transceiver to computer “Line In” using a stereo cable.
- Turn the Elecraft K3 transceiver “On”.
- Press the “MENU” button briefly and “MAIN”
will display on K3
Turn the “VFO B” dial until “MIC SEL” is
displayed
Turn the “VFO A” dial until “LlnE ln” is
displayed
Press the “MENU” button briefly and
the “MENU” will close
- Press and hold “MENU” button until
“CONFIG” is displayed on K3
Turn the “VFO B” dial until the “RS232”
item is displayed
Turn the “VFO A” dial until the baud rate
is "38400 b"
- Set transceiver to ½ maximum transmit
power level
Press the “VOX” button to
Set “VOX”
to
On
Press the “MODE” button repeatedly to
Set “MODE” to
Data
Press and hold the “DATA MD” button until
“31 bPS” is displayed on K3
Turn “VFO B” dial until “DATA A” is
displayed
Press and release the “DATA MD” button
The transceiver is now set for “DATA A”
operation on USB as long as the “MODE” remains set to “TX DATA”
WinPSK Software Setup:
Click on “Settings”
Click on “General
Setup”
Enter Call
Sign:
Your Callsign
Check Echo TX Text in RX
Check Use Slash Zero
Squelch
Speed 75
AFC
Limit 100
Sound Card
Clock 0
Frequency Display
Setup
Start Frequency 200
End Frequency 3500
PTT Control Setup COM-7
Sound
Card Use Primary(0)
Click on “OK” to
save the settings and close the “General Setup” window.
Click on “Settings”
Click on “RX Level
Adjust…”
The “Recording
Control” window will open
Click on
“Select” in the “Line In” column
Click on the “X” in
the top right corner of the “Recording Control” window
The
settings will be saved and the window will close.
Click on “Settings”
Click on “TX Level
Adjust…”
The “Volume Control”
window will open
Set all to
mid-point
Click on the “X” in
the top right corner of the “Volume Control” window
The
settings will be saved and the window will close.
On the bottom of the
main screen you have a window with a number of settings.
RX
Frequency 1176 can be
another value
Check
AFC
TX
Frequency 1395 can be
another value
Check Net
Check
BPSK
In the screen area
noted “(Rt-Click on Macros to Edit)”, select Macro Set=1 and create
macros similar to those on the next page of this document.
Macro Commands
F1 |
CQ |
'start'
CQ CQ CQ de
'mycall' 'mycall'
CQ CQ CQ de 'mycall' 'mycall' k 'stop' |
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F2 |
Reply |
'start'
‘theircall’ de 'mycall' 'mycall' kn 'stop' |
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F3 |
RST |
'start' 'theircall'
Ur RST is 599 599 de 'mycall' k 'stop' |
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F4 |
Callsign |
'start'
‘mycall’ ‘mycall’ 'stop' |
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F5 |
Name |
'start' My
name is yourname 'stop' |
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F6 |
BTU |
'start' %c
btu de %m kn ‘stop’ |
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F7 |
Final |
'start' %c
tu de %m qrz 'stop' |
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F8 |
Self |
'start' text
about yourself goes here'stop' |
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F9 |
QTH |
'start'
Town: your town goes here
County: your county goes here
State: your state goes here
Grid: your grid goes here
'stop' |
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F10 |
Equip |
'start'
Equipment here is:
your station equipment description goes here
'stop' |
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Frequencies:
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160 |
1.838.15 |
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usb |
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80 |
3.580.15 |
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usb |
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40 |
7.035.15 |
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usb |
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7.080.15 |
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usb |
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30 |
10.140.15 |
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usb |
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10.142.15 |
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usb |
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20 |
14.070.15 |
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usb |
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17 |
18.100.15 |
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usb |
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15 |
21.080.15 |
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usb |
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12 |
24.920.15 |
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usb |
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10 |
28.120.15 |
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usb |
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