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Re: [WriteLog] CW Decoder setup: K3, WL and MicroKeyer2?

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Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CW Decoder setup: K3, WL and MicroKeyer2?
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:23:05 -0500
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> 1- The CW decoder only works if WL's CW Decoder is set for Stereo (2
> radios) and displays to decoder screens, one being active, the other
> showing no activity. I only have one radio!

It depends on which CW decoder you are using.  If you want only
one decoder, set Writelog for a "sound board" instead of "stereo
sound board" or right click on the CW display, select "setup CW
decoder" and choose "Mono" instead of "stereo."

>> 2- Tuning the decoder has always been pretty funky for me. The
>> K3'sPITCH is set at 500. WLs 's decoder filters are set at 500.
 >> When tuned iin and decoding properly, the tuned in station sits
 >> at the bottom of the decoder window. Shouldn't it be at the hash
 >> mark in the middle of the window?  Am I doing something wrong?

Read the manual?  The value used in "Setup CW Decoder" is the
lowest frequency decoded.  If you want 500 Hz in the middle,
set the bottom to 325 ... the filters (in the multi-channel
decoder) will be 325-395, 395-465, 465-535, 535-606 and 606-676
with 500 Hz centered in the middle one.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 11/26/2010 8:03 PM, Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> Setup: I'm using the DB-37-EL-K3R cable from the MicroKeyer2 to the rear of
> the K3.
>
> 1- The CW decoder only works if WL's CW Decoder is set for Stereo (2 radios)
> and displays to decoder screens, one being active, the other showing no
> activity. I only have one radio!
>
> Is this solved by reversing the rig and tip connections on the cable or can
> this swap (for lack of a better description) be done in WL, K3, or MK2
> software?
>
> 2- Tuning the decoder has always been pretty funky for me. The K3's PITCH is
> set at 500. WLs 's decoder filters are set at 500. When tuned iin and
> decoding properly, the tuned in station sits at the bottom of the decoder
> window. Shouldn't it be at the hash mark in the middle of the window? Am I
> doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
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