[Skimmertalk] CW Skimmer/LP Bridge/K3

[paul ecker]

Bob- thanks for the reply
- No I have set Hardware type to 3-khz radio and cw pitch at 600, not Soft Rock.
-  I also have set the Skimmer comport to the virtual comport number in LP Bridge- so we are OK on this one also.
- I have found whatever Com Port  you choose in Skimmer is also changed in Omni-Rig or vice a versa.
- And as we speak Skimmer is following the VFO in my K3, I have no idea why, it just started to work! Computers......!
Will keep you posted

73 Paul kc2nyu



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> From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
>To: paul ecker <eckerpw at yahoo.com>; SkimmerTalk Reflector <skimmertalk at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] CW Skimmer/LP Bridge/K3
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>On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM, paul ecker <eckerpw at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Hi- I am new to this lest but I had a question for Alex VE3NEA, and he suggested I try you guys:
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>>I am running a win 7 64 bit PC, 2.4 ghz processor , 4 gb ram.
>>- LP Bridge 1.0.0 communicates fine with K3- so far so good.
>>- Interface is Signalink USB and I have that selected on the audio tab in Skimmer.
>>-  I have CW Skimmer 1.8  on a virtual port 2 in LPB.
>>-  I am starting K3, then LPB, then connect K3, then start Skimmer virtual port, then start CW Skimmer itself.
>>- Problem is there is no VFO readout in Skimmer and it doesn't follow the K3 VFO freq changing.
>>- I am guessing that  CW Skimmmer work thru Omni-Rig, So I tried giving Omni-Rig its own virtual port. But that didn't work in that it seems to use whatever port Skimmer does. Change in one and it changes in the other.
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>>-- Guess my real question is where have I messed up, how can I get CW Skimmer to show and follow the VFO frequency on the K3?
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>>Tnx and 73
>>Paul
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>I haven't used LP-Bridge, but see 
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>http://www.telepostinc.com/SKIMMER.html
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>It looks like you have to set the radio type to SoftRock IF, and set the Audio IF frequency to CW Pitch - 6000 (e.g -5400).
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>You may also have to set the OmniRig port in CW Skimmer to set "Radio 1" to the LP-Bridge OUTPUT port, rather than the K3 port, but I'm not sure.
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>Which choice did you select in CW Skimmer, Settings, Radio tab, under "Hardware Type"?  If you select "3-kHz Radio" or "Softrock-IF", the "CAT" tab appears, and CW Skimmer will calculate the display frequency OK, by querying the transceiver via OmniRig, or maybe it queries the LP-Bridge "output" port.
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>For Hardware type "SoftRock" (not Soft-Rock IF), you have to manually enter the SoftRock's LO frequency in the CW Skimmer Settings to get a proper frequency displayed in CW Skimmer, and the cursor won't follow the radio.  You'll need another program such as Win-Test or N1MM (contest loggers) to feed transceiver frequency data to CW Skimmer via TELNET commands sent to CW Skimmer's TELNET port.
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>73,
>Bob, N6TV
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