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Win4K3Suite for the K3 and KX3 V1.750 User Manual

1. lt is useful to make a selection across the whole spectrum so that peaks are closer to full scale as has been done in the above picture You can also select a small section to really zoom into the signals You can use the mouse in this fashion at any time as long as the Mouse Mode Zoom button is active If you make a mistake you can press the Undo button which will revert back to the previous zoom ratio Clicking Zoom and Zoom will zoom in the X Axis increasing or decreasing the span of the display In addition to the Zoom there is a Pan button This allows you to move the spectrum up and down by clicking and holding the mouse button in the spectrum display In addition you can use the mouse to grab the Frequency scale at the top of the spectrum and move it left to right to pan the spectrum over the whole frequency range QSY to Signal Double clicking in the spectrum window will QSY to the signal of interest This is possible for both VFO A and B by selecting either the MRK A or MRK B buttons The VFO Passbands reflect the actual bandwidth and shift settings on the radio This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 30 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Right clicking on the spectrum allows you to set a tuning rate for the radio using the mouse wheel and also allows you to Jump Up or Jump Down to even 500 Hz settings You can also set a Snap which w
2. Note For Spans enter SPN40 where 40 is the span in kHz FN10 FN10 Third Party SW HW Tab In this section you can specify the settings for the AUX CAT ports as described in Connecting to Third Party Applications winters be ta Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences Aux CAT Port 1 Aux CAT Port 2 Aux CAT Port 3 Aux CAT Port4 COM Pot COM18 v COMPort COM21 v COMPort COM21 v COMPort COM21 v Baud Rate 38400 v BaudRate 38400 v BaudRate 38400 v BaudRate 38400 v W4K3Suite Compatible HRD Server Address 127 0 0 1 Pot 7809 Check for HRD Version 5 24 and higher Auto Launch O Browse Browse Browse Browse C Program Files amp 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe HRDLogbook exe C Program Files amp lt 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe HRDRotator exe C Program Files amp 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe Digital Master exe C Program Files 86 NaP3 NaP3 exe QRZ Account UserID va sq Ged The Win4K3Suite Compatible HRD Server provides the address and port of the HRD Logbook server If you are using an old version of HRD uncheck the check box shown This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ 22 Auto L
3. Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ the other end to Win4K3 using one of 4 specialized AUX CAT ports in the settings of Win4K3 From this point on the software thinks it is connected to its own K3 or KX3 Win4K3Suite supports connecting 4 third party products These products can read information from the radio Performance is maintained since the responses to commands have been saved in memory by Win4K3 during its latest round of polling the radio Thus high polling rates from software such as N1MM do not directly access the radio but rather the memory Commands to switch frequencies or modes or any other write commands are executed immediately Connecting to Third Party Applications The first thing you are going to need to do is download a third party Virtual comport program There are a number of these out there but Win4K3 has been tested with COMOCOM Eltima Virtual Comports and VSPE Most cost money but COMOCOM is free If you are using a MicroHam router you can create a Virtual Cable included in their router to accomplish the same thing One example which is free is COMOCOM which is open source and available at htto sourceforge net orojects com0com files com0com 2 2 2 0 Be sure to use the version for your operating system There is one for 32 bit and another Signed for 64 bit Only the version at this link is signed After you install this open the Windows start menu and in the com0com folder and run Setup Don t run
4. by changing bands on the radio and repeating the procedure Changing sound cards will require a rebalance One thing you may notice is lots of artifacts in the signal Peaks at the center frequency spikes at various points on the display What you are seeing is noise pickup on the IQ wires You will need to either isolate the KX3 IQ signals electrically in some way or wrap some ferrites or change grounding configuration If you Google minimizing SDR IQ noise there are a lot of helpful hints Global Offset Due to variances in electronics the spectrum scope may not precisely display the signal at the exact point it should be There can be small differences between devices The Global Offset allows the spectrum display to be tuned so that the frequency peaks line up with the cursors as they should The following is an example of an USB signal first at O Hz offset and then at 300 Hz offset With the K3 and LPPAN2 the usual observed offset is minus 350 350 Other versions of the LPPAN can have ranges from 6000 to 1200 You will need to experiment a bit with this until you find the correct offset It is easiest to adjust this on a signal such as WWV or a strong AM signal For the KX3 it is zero Once this is set it will be correct for all modes This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 12 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ No offset 350 Offset with LPP
5. E El TE 08 O8 gt z6 8 n T n i j D T 4 4 4 4 4 i o i A rm i oO J T gt lt P mis T s lt x J 4 m m A H a f a e oe oE og zg z z ee ui ka iz 4 4 om Ww 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 m m o wn Bw Bw mmm Go m al w 4 m m cD a SS amp VOXNOR wHVFONOR a o ao 4 m D w a 4 gt M _ mn S a G e E T in a a lt nN a a O T a 4 4i 4 4 gt A When this window is opened all values shown are the default values as described in the Elecraft K3 and KX3 manuals During the development it became apparent that displaying the current state of all menu items would take too much time when you open the window 30 seconds on the KX3 so have provided a way to quickly get the status of any given menu item by pressing one of the GET buttons You may also change a value and then press the SET button It is however possible to get all of the settings by pressing GET ALL This will take upwards of 20 seconds on the K3 and 30 seconds on the KX3 Polling of the radio is suspended during this process but polling by the AUX CAT ports is not Itis advisable to close any third party products as well as any other Win4K3 windows before doing a GET ALL or SET ALL This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 43 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Saving the Settings to a File Clicking on the Save File but
6. HRD Version 5 24 and higher C Program Files amp 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe HRDLogbook exe C Program Files amp 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe HRDRotator exe C Program Files amp 86 HRD Software LLC Ham Radio Deluxe Digital Master exe C Program Files 86 NaP3 NaP3 exe E QRZ Account UserlD va sq In this screen there are 4 AUX CAT ports Each one can connect to a comport of a virtual comport pair In this example AUX CAT Port 1 is connected to comport 18 The others are currently not connected to other virtual port pairs All you need to do now is save the settings and then configure your third party product to connect to comport 11 which is the second comport of the COM11 COM18 pair telling it you have a K3 or KX3 connected to that port Example DXCommander from DXLab Suite Select Config from the main DX Commander screen Gf Commander 10 3 5 Elecraft K3 19 33 29 Z 14 215 00 USB ely bE ees 5 VFO B Filters O rl E C 10Hz 999 PTT Reving Shift al aj e As Axe x x e T Split Dual receive Ham bands only Mode USB C LSB FM C USB AM C i ALY C i RITY R i Data U C i i i Bandspread Msgs Scan F Memory Banks Config Help This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 17 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ You will then see the following screen S
7. Setup Command line P Setup for com0com E Virtual Port Pair 0 COM 18 COM18 emulate baud rate emulate baud rate COM11 enable buffer ovenun enable buffer overrun Virtual Port Pair 2 enable plugin mode enable plugin mode COM20 enable exclusive mode enable exclusive mode COM21 enable hidden mode enable hidden mode DTR DSR DCD OPEN Add Pair Remove Reset There will be by default one pair already defined with weird letter names You can just click on the names and change the names of the comports to a comport name that does not exist on your system In the above chose COM18 and COM11 for one pair and COM20 and COM21 for another This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 16 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Once the comport pair is created start up Win4K3Suite and select Tools Settings and the 3rd Party SW HW tab You will see the following screen a Win4K3Suite Settings j olaj x J Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media oe User Preferences Aux CAT Port 1 Aux CAT Port 2 Aux CAT Port 3 Aux CAT Port 4 COM Pot COM18 v COMPort COM21 v COMPor COM21 v COMPort COM21 X Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Connect W4K3Suite Compatible HRD Server Address 127 0 0 1 Pot 7809 V Check for
8. This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 11 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ The next thing you will need to do is to set the balance of the IQ channels Click the IQ Balance button Setting the IQ balance can be done for each band separately If you do not set this for a particular band it will use the settings that were used for the last calibration Please note that for the KX3 it is best if you do this for all bands On the K3 with LPPan it is not that critical The best way is to use a signal generator such as the XG3 from Elecraft Another method is to use another transceiver into a dummy load or have a fellow ham nearby that can generate a constant carrier for you Lacking these you can use strong signals such as WWV or find a LID who is placing a carrier on a DX Turn the VFO dial around a bit and you will notice that the image of the main signal moves towards or away from the main signal as you tune If the signal moves in the same direction it is a signal not an image To adjust the balance move the IQ Gain control until the image peak is minimized The value should be close to 1 0 0 1 As you get close it is better to use the up and down arrows on the keyboard Next adjust the Phase control using the keyboard when you get close Alternate back and forth until the image is completely in the noise and press OK You can now do this for another band
9. X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences Comports K3 KX3 Port KPA500 Port KAT500 Port COM Pot COM2 v COM Pot COM1 v COM Pot COM9 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect P3 Video Source K3 Panadapter P3 Resolution 1440 x 900 7 1280x 1024 1024 x 768 720 p Webcam v LP PAN SoftRock II Lite Connect Make sure P3 is set too Changes may require a restart Note Softrock I requires 96 kHz and higher sampling rate The menu has several different tabs which will be covered shortly In order to continue you must connect to the K3 or KX3 Port first Make sure that the K3 is on and pick the comport for the K3 from the drop down menu if the baudrate is different than 38400 then press the connect button If successful the button will change to Disconnect If the connection to the K3 is not successful you will be informed to check that you have the right port If you cannot connect then the program will not allow you to continue You must have at least a connection to the K3 or K3X before continuing If you cannot get a connection close the Window and the program will close If you are having issues it is advisable to use the Elecraft K3 or KX3 utility to determine why Once this is operating you are good to go When you have connected to the K3 you may then pick the comports for the KPA500 and
10. is best to close them temporarily while you do the GET ALL and SET ALL commands This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 44 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ
11. the Software Once you have downloaded the software va2fsq com double click on the zip file extract the files and then double click on Setup exe This will install the software to your computer and install an Icon on your desktop The software allows a 30 day free trial with full functionality to see if it meets your needs If you wish to use the P3 Control interface you will need a hardware video capture board and the SVGA board for the P3 Currently the best choice is the Avermedia HD Game Broadcaster with a VGA input There are others available but they are expensive over 500 and have not been tested In addition if you would like to capture real time video of the P3 display to disk you will need to download the free FDDSHOW compression codec available from http sourceforge net projects ffdshow You only need to install this and there is no configuration required This utility allows compression of the video to a reasonable value of about 20 Mbytes per minute Without this the video storage requires about 30 Mbytes per second This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 4 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Setup of Comports The first time you launch Win4K3Suite you will be taken to the setup menu automatically You must connect to at least the Elecraft K3 or K3X in order to use the software You will see the following menu Ee Hardware P3 K3
12. there is a toggle called Settings Menu in Depth P3 K3 X Settings Here you may select averaging for the P3 Also you can select a file for use with the Frequency Memory Window a9 Win4k3Suite Settings wj a B x Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences P3 Settings K3 X Settings Average Time 2 20 106 Frequency Memory Filename Browse C Users tom Downloads K3 Memory Settings 2a Spectrum Macros Here you can specify macros for the P3 and the spectrum scope window such as Span etc You can change the labels as well These will appear on the P3 and spectrum scope windows window in the lower left You can use any macros you wish They are not limited to the P3 Please see the section on Programmable Macros for more details This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 21 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Hardware P3 K3X Settings Spectrum Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences P3 Macros Label FN1 10 FN2 S20 FN3 S50 FN4 100 FN5 5200 Macro SPNO000100 SPNO000200 SPNO000500 SPNO001000 SPN002000 FNG WWV FN7 FN7 FNS WWV FA00010000000 FA00015000000 FN1 M1 FN2 CALL FN3 SPLT FN4 UPS FN5 DN5 FNG FNG FN7 FN7 FN8 FNS FN9 FN9 Scope Macros
13. AN Installation and Configuration of Video for the P3 Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences Comports K3 KX3 Port KPA500 Port KAT500 Port COM Port COM2 v COM Pot COM1 v COM Pot COM9 X Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect P3 Video Source K3 Panadapter P3 Resolution v LP PAN SoftRock II Lite 1440 x 900 7 1280x 1024 Connect 1024 x 768 720 p Webcam Make sure P3is set too Changes may require a restart Note Softrock I requires 96 kHz and higher sampling rate If you have an Elecraft P3 Panadapter and wish to use it with Win4KS3Suite you will need to have the SVGA adapter for the P3 and a DirectShow compatible video capture board such as the AverMedia HD Game Broadcaster with a VGA This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 13 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ input An alternative is a 720p webcam To connect to the video select a resolution and press the Connect button and you will receive two dialog boxes v Video R G B ar ID Video SerialDigital Use curent channel Link Related _ Cances The first allows you to select the Video Capture device and the second the input for those boards that have more than one input Once you have selected the port pre
14. Baud Rate 38400 v Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect P3 Video Source P3 Resolution 1440x 900 V 1280x 1024 1024 x 768 720 p Webcam K3 Panadapter v LP PAN SoftRock II Lite Connect Make sure P3 is set too Changes may require a restart Note Softrock I requires 96 kHz and higher sampling rate In the Tools Settings menu in the KX3 Suite Control Center window there is a section called K3 Panadapter Here you have a choice of LP PAN or the SoftRock II Lite If you currently are using the P3 press disconnect and then select either LP PAN or the SoftRock Please note that the SoftRock II Lite requires a sound card with a minimum sampling rate of 96kKHz Lower sampling rates will result in the inability to display the spectrum where the radio is tuned to Once you have setup Win4K3Suite to connect to the panadapter device or the KX3 click on the Window menu and select Spectrum Scope 44 1kHz or another sampling rate if your sound card supports it la a KX3 Suite Control Center ile ools indo e KX3 Frequencies g KX3 Macros KX3 Spectrum Scope 44 1kHz KX3 Spectrum Scope 48kHz KX3 uiri Scope 96kHz KX3 SpectrumScope 192kHz pice Ea cn Ne LNA DATAA Reverse NTCH mn xia tt ARAA USB rne omea como vo Tos T so Speed RF PWR il 200 Or WR Cc e m gt n N i T n 4 o N The first time that you do this you will be presented with a di
15. ER TXONIIHIS CALL DE VA2FSQ VA2FSQ VA2FSQ VA2FSQ PSE KN TXOFF u are 599 59 a E M E E You may enter a Label for the button and a message you want transmitted when the button is pressed There are a number of special tags that you can use which will perform specific functions HIS CALL This tag will be replaced by the call sign that appears next to the QRZ button TXON will start transmitting This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 35 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ TXOFF will stop transmitting All carriage returns in the message will be sent using the appropriate translation depending on mode Logging from the Terminal Screen It is possible to log QSO s directly from the terminal screen to an ADIF file or DXKeeper or HRD Logbook To configure this select Settings Logging from the terminal screen There are three options ADIF Logging If you select this the QSO is logged to an ADIF file that can be imported into most logging programs DXKeeper Logging If you select this the QSO is logged to DXKeeper Please note that DXKeeper must be open for this to work HRD Logbook Logging Here you must install the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 available here httos www microsoft com en ca download details aspx id 13255 However there are some details that are necessary to resolve depending if you have Mic
16. Errors This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Part 1 Installation and Configuration Setup of the Elecraft K3 and KX3 Radios There is very little setup required You will need a serial connection to the K3 or KX3 and additional serial connections to the KPA500 and the KAT500 if present The P3 connects through the K3 so no separate connection is required The P3 is not used with the KX3 The baudrate should also be set on the equipment prior to connecting with Win4K3Suite By default the connection is usually 38400 and this is the initial default for Win4K3Suite If you wish to use the P3 with a hardware video capture board or a Webcam you must also set the external P3 SVGA resolution to match Win4K3Suite will update its display automatically when the radio equipment is adjusted manually with a few exceptions limited by the K3 serial API One of these is the coarse fine tune buttons Please leave these in the fine tune mode of 1Hz increments on the K3 and KX3 Win4K3Suite has its own control of this independent of the radio Also please read the section on the receive and transmitter equalizers here Receive and Transmit Equalizers If you plan on using the KAT500 auto tuner you must first go into the Elecraft KAT500 utility and turn off Sleep mode otherwise you will not be able to connect to the KAT500 Installation of
17. OB Marker VFOB Passband Zooming Controls Waterfall High Waterfall Low Waterfall Speed F Low op Az CREG Fes wd is p sors N a TTE OoOo ry di 28400 0 28432565 28435 0 284375 204400 264425 284450 284417 5 28450 0 284525 254550 28457565 28460 0 78462 5 284685 0 28467 i H O CA 4 2 Reset AAE E A T T Zoom Toa Pan Mouse Mode Peak Hold F Spd Peaks Split Screen oni H AVG Control Panel hia se Spectrum Fill Pre defined span settings Select VFOA Select VFOB Signal Averaging Spectrum Control Panel Note In version 1 736 the Pre defined span settings are replaced with programmable macros These can be set in Tools Settings Spectrum Macros When you first start the spectrum scope you may see something like the following picture If not press the Reset button A This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 29 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Zooming and Panning The spectrum scope has two modes for the mouse Zoom and Pan The Zoom button will allow you to zoom into parts of the spectrum using the mouse For example you can use the mouse to draw a box around the area you wish to look at as shown below IQ Spectrum Scope tokia 28360 0 26360 0 28400 0 26420 0 28440 0 28460 0 284850 0 28500 0 286520 0 28540 0 se ee ee eee ss ee Ee a a E Peaks Fill ci sO Ca
18. Panadapter Software Installation and Configuration of Video for the P3 Integration of Third Party Software and Hardware Concept Connecting to Third Party Applications Example DXCommander from DXLabs Suite Connecting to Ham Radio Deluxe Logbook and DM780 Using MicroHam Routers New Integration with CW Skimmer Settings Menu in Depth P3 K3 X Settings P3Macros and Spectrum Scope Macros Third Party SW HW Tab User Preferences Limitations of the Software and Elecraft API This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Part 2 User Interface and Functionality Radio Control Screens VFO A and VFO B Tuning Hidden Controls Accessed with a Right Click Receive and Transmit Equalizers Filters and Passband Tuning Band Stack Registers The Win4K3Suite Spectrum Scope Zooming and Panning QSY to Signal Waterfall Settings Signal Averaging Other Controls Spectrum Control Panel Spectrum Spots Function Buttons Using the P3 Control Screen K3 X Frequency Memories CW FSK D PSK Terminal Controls Settings Fonts Messages Logging to ADIF DXKeeper or HRD Logbook ClubLog Spotting Window How it Works Setup Part 3 Advanced Topics Programmable Macros K3 KX3 Macros P3 and Spectrum Scope Macros KPA500 Macros KAT500 Macros Radio Menu Items K3 and KX3 Saving the Settings to a File Loading the Settings
19. Sharing click the checkbox to allow automatic refresh on new records Without this HRD Logbook will accept the entries from Win4K3 but will not display them until you do a Refresh in HRDLogbook This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 39 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ ClubLog Spotting Window I m a big fan of Club Log It s easy to use you don t have to mess with complicated filters and it just works What was missing though is a way to just point and click on the spots and have your radio tune to the DX Thus when Michael Well announced that he was making available a means to obtain your DXCC Matrix of worked and new spots via a programming interface Know needed this So CLSpotter was born Full QSY capabilities are integrated into Win4KS3Suite as well Ss a How it Works CLSpotter works by downloading your DXCC matrix from Club Log using your user id password and email address Once this is downloaded it connects to a DX Cluster and then does a lookup in your matrix to see if an incoming spot is new worked confirmed or verified According to some simple filters it will display these spots in a table Clicking any spot in the table will immediately do a QSY to the frequency of the spot In addition if you are using the LP Pan or KX3 spectrum scope then moving the mouse slowly over the waterfall will show any spots that are in the frequency rang
20. Win4K3 Suite Documentation V1 748 April 2015 Thank you for buying Win4K3 Suite The Suite supports the Elecraft K3 and KX3 transceivers the KPA500 Amplifier the KXPA100 the KAT500 Antenna tuner the P3 Panadapter and external logging programs and third party hardware It also provides a software based Spectrum Scope for the KX3 requiring nothing more than a suitable sound card for your computer NAP3 s LPPAN with the K3 is also supported A IQ Spectrum Scope 192kHz Ly oO mes 14281 0 14282 0 14283 0 14284 0 14285 0 14286 0 14287 0 14288 0 14289 0 14290 0 14291 0 14292 0 14293 0 Te a ee a 5 10 20 K3 Suite Control Center mo X File Tools Window Help Temperature N Lot Tone Dives vice for EE Pe Ps ian ws 7 fod A Shift o a o DVST T a gt r li AFGain RFGain 50 100 200 3 AF Gain RF Gain RFPWR Mic Comp TER use T m Support is just an email away at support va2fsq com Release notes at available at This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 1 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Table of Contents Part 1 Installation and Configuration Setup of the Elecraft K3 and KX3 Radios Installation of the Software Setup of Comports Setup of the KX3 Spectrum Scope and K3 with LPPAN Installation Steps Configuring Win4K3Suite for the Spectral Display Spectrum Setup IQ Balance Use of Third Party
21. alog box This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Spectrum Scope Setup Setup of Spectrum Scope setup correctly proceed as follows Step 1 Open the control panel and select Sound Step 2 Selectthe Recording tab and is supported by your device Swap IQ set correctly Ifyou see the opposite select Swap IQ IQ Balance Global Offset manual for examples Lo Step 3 Selectthe device you wish to use It could be Line In or Microphone Step 4 Click onthe Properties button and then on the Levels tab and set it at 100 Step 5 Click onthe Advanced tab and select the sample rate that you wish to use Tune to a strong signal in the AM broadcast band and select a span wide enough to see any images Move the radio tuning knob and the signal going the opposite direction from the main signal is the image Adjust the IQ Balance until this is a minimum The setup ofthe spectrum scope requires that you have an audio device installed on your system that supports a stereo input In addition many audio devices require that a cable is plugged into the input before Windows knows that such a device exists In order to determine if Windows is Step 6 Open the Control Panel in the Spectrum Window click Connect and select your device If you see the spectrum moving to the left as you turn the radio dia
22. as its own dedicated channel to the K3 or KX3 avoiding any contention between them Concept Imagine for the moment that Win4K3Suite is a black box existing outside of the computer This black box has 4 K3 s or 4 KX3 s imbedded in it Each of these K3 s has a serial port that you can connect to just like the real K3 To connect to one of these radios you just connect one of these ports to the computer via a cable and then configure your software to connect to the radio as you always have Here s the idea You can have FLDigi DX Los Commander N1MM Contest Logging software or NAP3 Panadapter software connected each with its own channel to its own radio But Win4K3 is not a physical device like in the picture but rather a virtual device in the computer So then how does one connect Win4K3 up to all of the software The answer is using a Virtual Comport Pair A virtual pair is very much like a NULL Modem cable It allows connecting two devices together so that the transmit and receive wires are crossed When you create a Virtual Comport Pair using various software packages it creates essentially a null modem cable that has one comport defined at one end and another comport defined at the other end You connect one end to the software you want to use telling it it is connected to a K3 and then you connect This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 15 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author
23. aunch This provides a facility to automatically launch up to 4 third party programs when you start Win4K3 You can check or uncheck the check boxes to enable a particular Launch as you deem necessary QRZ Account This is for lookup of call signs in the CW FSK D PSK terminal User Preferences This tab allows you to select Mini Control screens as well as the color of the buttons that appear in Win4K3Suite al Win4K3Suite Settings m JeF x Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences User Interface ini Control Screens Button On Color Button On Background Color lease note that the Button Background Color is currently only implemented for the Mini KX3 control window Save Cancel Limitations of the Software and the Elecraft API There are a few limitations in Win4K3Suite due to some missing functionality in the Elecraft API In particular it is not possible to physically change the receive or transmit equalization at the radio and have it updated on the K3 Control Window The necessary commands to obtain this information directly are not present in the K3 serial programming interface and the work around requires a large amount of communications with the K3 It would be detrimental to performance to always keep this updated Due to this the equalizer is reset to 0 across all audio bands when the software is started As
24. between receive and transmit equalization by right clicking the equalizer Main Receiver Bands Modes VOX CW RIT XIT NB NR Filters ATU KPA AF Gain RF Gain 50 10 This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 26 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Another example is Right Clicking the Noise blanker section in the K3 Control screen some of the others include right clicking on VFO B to select a split frequency which will also automatically copy settings from VFO A to VFO B and enter Split mode For the KPA500 and KXPA100 double clicking the Temperature box will cycle through Temperature Voltage and Current Temperature Power SWR In addition right clicking anywhere in the KPA500 control will allow you to set the fan settings on the amp Receive and Transmit Equalizers Win4KS3Suite provides access to the receive and transmit equalizers built into the K3 and KX3 Unlike many other controls however the setting of this functionality at the radio itself is NOT reflected in the program Only setting the equalizer in the program is supported since there are no commands in the Elecratt programming language to read the values However you can dial in a setting for the TX equalizer and RX Equalizer and save these settings When you exit Win4K3 the settings remain in the radio The next time you start Win4k9 it will first reset the equalizer sett
25. cy Memories Win4K3Suite provides an interface to the K3 and KX3 frequency memories This is accessed via Window Frequency Memories Epere D Description VFO A Mode A VFO B When the window is displayed pressing a button will do a QSY for both VFO A and B and set the appropriate mode Filter settings will be those set as a default for the mode in question or the current settings In order to use this feature you must use the Elecraft K3 Frequency editor that can be downloaded at the Elecraft site One you have setup your memories save them to the radio and then save them to a file and specify this file in the Settings menu as indicated below Win4K3Suite always accesses the memories directly from the radio ay a seca Hardware PP3 K3 Settings P3 K3 Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences P3 Settings K3 Settings Average Time 2 20 4 K3 Frequency Memory Filename Waterfall A i j a al wi Browse C Users tom Documents k 3memories xml Waterfall Markers This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 33 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ CW FSK D PSK Terminal The Elecraft K3 and KX3 have a built in decoding function for CW FSK D and PSK digital modes Win4K3Suite provides this functionality in the program by selecting Window then CW FSK D PSK Terminal By default the basic screen shown below will op
26. e of the panadapter if the CW FSK D PSK Terminal is open the call sign of the spot is entered into the QRZ field Setup The first time you use Club Log Spots found in the Windows menu from any control screen it will bring you directly into the Control Panel There are 4 main sections to the control panel This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 39 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Club Log Account This is where you must put your Club Log credentials that you are currently using If this is not correct then there will be no spots available DX Cluster Here you must provide your call sign and pick one of the DX Clusters In addition to the pre defined clusters you can add your own cluster by specifying the ip address and port of the cluster Entity List The entity list is a list of DXCC s This is used to provide the name of the country in the spot window This table is automatically updated once a month and the first time you run the program If you wish to update this sooner press the Update button Highlighting Preferences Here you can select the colors you would like to use for the different spots This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 40 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Part 3 Advanced Topics Programmable Macros Win4K3Suite supports 20 programmable macr
27. e quadrature signal IQ out from a software defined radio such as the Elecraft KX3 and processes the two signals In phase and Q Quadrature phase by digitizing the signal using an audio capture device From here the two signals are fed into a fast Fourier transform which translates the signal from the time domain to the frequency domain which is then plotted There are a few things that must be done to set up the spectrum scope appropriately One of these is to make sure that the two signals are equal in amplitude and at 90 degrees out of phase with each other The other is to make sure that the signals are connected to the right channels of your sound card To do this first set up your sound card as above and then tune the KX3 to signals in the AM broadcast band nice solid signals here Zoom in a bit see usage below Once you have some signals displayed turn the VFO A dial clockwise If you see the stronger signal on the spectrum scope display moving to the left the signals are fed into the sound card correctly If you see the strongest peak moving to the right you will need to click on the Swap IQ in the control panel of the spectrum display In most cases you will need to check the SWAP IQ checkbox During initial development the code was set up this way and as it turned out most people need to check the swap IQ box The settings will be saved If you change sound cards in the future you may have to change this again
28. elect the K3 or KX3 f Fiter Groups General Radio E Mode MV Continuous interrogation No interrogation while transmitting General Ignore Mousewheel V Accept Dual Rev On directives V Accept Dual Rev Off directives Log Mode for Data L or Data U PTT Reving Multi Radio Device 0 Command interval ms o gt Bandspread_ Device 1 Reset Display Error Log 1 Scan dwell RTTY sub mode FSK amp AFSK suppress CAT Frequency Colors in ou Back oat Sub band Defs Edit Reload r initial Command L Use TX freq for devices when split I Display information in title bar M Use multiple monitors I Log debugging info FO PEE Rate Ki I slow Initial Command Sequence Enable Edit gt fast User defined Controls Show within Main window _T Show by expanding Main window Guidance Select r SCtSS CC TTTT CC M show control Sune poe Browser pathname Next click on the Ports tab and enter Port 11 corresponding to the serial port of the virtual comport pair you created above cy uw x Filter Groups a poms General Transverters Device 2 Multi Radio Bandspread Device 0 Device 1 gt Primary CAT Serial Port H Port Baud Word Parity Stop DTA RTS mi sea00 fe None 1
29. en File Messages Settings Expand Help f caox f as f Revot 73s J mscs Clicking on Expand will reveal various controls as follows File Messages Settings Collapse Help Ee eme 8 r 8 ry cws40 J 0 as f Reon f zs J msos To mme CUY ae The Settings K3 section allows you to turn on text decode and set the threshold for decoding of signals Please note that this is only available in the K3 In addition if you are using a MicroHam router the controls are slow to operate A SPOT allows spotting of CW FSK manual and PSK signals You can toggle Auto spot or Manual spot by right clicking on the button APF DPEB allows settings of audio peaking filter or dual pass band filters CW CPM sets the keyer speed This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 34 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ A WPM allows setting of auto words per minute keyer speed when used in conjunction with CW Skimmer s telnet server Settings Fonts Selecting this option will open the font window allowing you to change how the terminal mode will appear a Font and Color God EE E EES Ene E es oes Messages Win4K3 allows you to set up to 10 messages per file Clicking on Load will load an existing message file into Win4K3 Clicking on Edit will provide this screen 94 Message Editor a CQDx _ caox TXONICQDX CQDX CQDX THIS IS VAZFSQ ANSWER ANSW
30. f the KX3 Spectrum Scope and K3 with LPPAN 28005 0 28010 0 28015 0 28020 0 28025 0 28030 0 28035 0 28040 0 28045 0 28050 0 t AVG e Control Panel Installation Steps The KX3 IQ output the output from LP Pan and the SoftRock II Lite require a stereo audio adapter to be installed on your system Many laptops do not have a stereo input If you attempt to use the spectrum scope with a non stereo input then you will not get correct results Most motherboard based audio devices and outboard USB audio devices do have stereo inputs Unfortunately Windows This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 6 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ does not always tell you if the audio device is stereo in a straight forward manner The first step before trying to install the spectrum scope is to check which devices are installed on your system and make sure they are configured correctly Vista Windows 7 and 8 Sound Device Setup Step 1 Open the Control Panel and select Sound Step 2 Select the Recording tab as shown in the following figure Sound n3 xs Playback Recording Sounds Communications Select a recording device below to modify its settings at Microphone E MU 0404 USE Microphone Realtek High Def TION A fg Not plugged in A CD Audio 2 m Realtek High Definition Audio A Line In 3 Realtek High Definition A z Not plugged
31. for for Secondary CAT Serial Port l Enable Folow primary CAT protocol CI Addr CI Addr 2 Lead primary Follow amp lead primary D Follow Alternate YFO when Split i Port Baud Word Parity Stop DTR RTS T s0 fs None z 2 z or z of 02R Serial Port Aux I Enable SO2R protocol Enable x x Device Control i Port Baud Word Parity Stop 3600 fa None 2 o Dr z Parallel Port i Data Signals I Enable Radio amp PTT i Port Port ddress Enable z J i zl I 0000 Device Control oia Coama Send Help i Make sure that DTR and RTS are set to OFF Win4K3 Suite does not support hardware hand shaking at this time This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ 18 Exit out and you should be connected to DXCommander From the point of view of DXCommander all it sees is a K3 connected to its comport Therefore everything that is supported in DXLabs Suite also works You can use the same principle for any other third party software such as N1MM DX4Win and so on some packages such as FLDigi and LOG4OM use OmniRig You apply exactly the same principle as above Connecting to Ham Radio Deluxe Logbook and DM780 Win4K3Suite has a Ham Radio Deluxe compatible TCP server that can connect with the log book and DM780 In order
32. g the slider to the left or right and then releasing the mouse Tuning rate is governed by the buttons of Fine Med or Coarse If you use the mouse wheel after selecting the slider the wheel can be continuously turned to change the frequency By default Fine tuning changes the frequency by one Hz if you use the keyboard to slide the slider If you use the mouse wheel each tick will increase the value by three times the slider increment This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 25 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Medium tuning will change the frequency in 10 Hz increments and Coarse by 100 Hz increments In all cases the mouse wheel will increase this by three times Double Clicking the VFO windows will pop up a direct frequency keypad as shown here ik EL yy a You can use the keyboard or the mouse to enter a frequency Note that the frequency is in kHz You may also click in the VFO A or B frequency digits directly and use the arrow keys or mouse wheel to individually change the values of the digits Note click Slightly to the left of a digit Right Clicking in the VFO B frequency display allows you to select various Up and Down split frequencies automatically Hidden Controls Accessed with a Right Click of the Mouse or Double Clicking There are several controls in Win4K3 that can have a dual function For example the Equalizer can be toggled
33. herwise the button state is not updated by HRD v v Radio Pane Layout To configure the radio interface Make sure Ham Radio Deluxe HRD is started and connected to a radio In HRD select IP Server from the Tools menu make sure the IP Server is started If a connection can be established All buttons are enabled The Dropdown buttons are automatically loaded with the dropdown buttons shown in HRD s display To change a selection just click on a button and select an entry from the popup window To clear the current selection select the first entry When you have finished defining your layout press Save The definitions are saved in your local storage folder from the Tools menu select the Storage pane In the Radio pane press the Connect button gt to connect to HRD OK Cancel lf there are any other buttons than this you must remove them If any are missing you must add them The result MUST be exactly as shown Click OK and if all is well you will see Mode A and B showing the mode of the radio If you cannot get the Radio Pane to show just the fore mentioned buttons then you will not be able to connect with Win4K3Suite If you cannot change the buttons as happens in some cases please contact support va2tsq com This is solvable just a little more work is invol
34. ill always QSY to even 100 Hz boundaries Waterfall Settings The WF Hi setting adjusts the colors for the signal peaks while the WF Low adjusts the colors for the background The WF Spd adjusts the waterfall scrolling speed All settings are saved by band Signal Averaging The AVG box allows setting the averaging rate for the spectrum from 1 to 16 The higher the value the slower the spectrum becomes but the noise is reduced in the process A good value is either 4 or 8 A value of 16 can be used to dig out very weak signals using the waterfall In this case adjust the waterfall Low setting to just bring up the background until the noise starts to show Other Controls The Split Screen control allows you to resize the relative sizes of the spectrum and waterfall Peaks will display the highest signal level in the display and hold them until is is turned off Fill fills the spectrum for a more pleasing display Spectrum Control Panel Most of the control in this screen are self explanatory 2000 0 Upper 4000 0 Upper 1800 0 Lower 3500 0 Lower 5403 0 S Upper 7300 0 S Upper 5330 5 Ero Lower 10150 0 2S 14350 0 lt E 101000 R 140000 BrE m 181680 SELI 21450 0 lt BU 18068 0 Lower 21000 0 Lower 249900 0 gt BRUINS 29700 0 Bir 24890 0 at Lower 28000 0 Lower 54000 0 te ome 1480000 Biss Lower Lower Band Edge Colors Select Band Edge Width E3 sect E3 E3 ma saca E3 This document is Co
35. in Stereo Mix Realtek High Definition Audi Configure et Default Properties OK Cancel In this figure you can see that there are a number of devices shown In this example the Microphone Input for the E MU 0404 device is the one that will be selected Please note that Windows enumerates this as a Microphone which it is NOT It actually is stereo input Please also note that there is a motherboard Line In connection available However you cannot select this device since there is no cable plugged in Many devices will only become active when a cable is actually plugged in Step 3 Select the device you wish to use and click the Properties button Step 4 Click on the Levels Tab and increase the volume to maximum In some cases you will also see a balance button Set both channels to maximum You can adjust this later if the levels seem to be too high This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 7 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Microphone Properties eX General Listen Levels Advanced Main volume Q 100 e Step 5 Next on the Advanced tab Microphone Properties General Listen Levels Advanced Default Format Select the sample rate and bit depth to be used when running in shared mode 2 channel 24 bit 192000 Hz Studio Quality nA Exclusive Mode v Allow ap
36. ings on the radio to zero but then load the values which were set when you exited the program You can save up to 3 equalizer settings for each of the equalizers in Win4k3 AF Gan RFG This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 27 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Save Button For example if you usually have a TX equalizer setting for your particular microphone first write down the settings Then start Win4K3 When the program starts the equalizers will be reset to zero Next right click in the RX Equalizer section to select TX equalizer and dial in your settings Press the little bar under one of the presets and this will save the settings in the Win4K3Suite settings file and the preset button will highlight This setting will remain in the radio upon exit of Win4K3 The next time you connect Win4K3 will reset the equalizers but then load the last Preset used for both the TX and RX equalizers automatically If you only use your TX equalizer to set a permanent equalization you will never need to worry about this again It will always be loaded when you start Win4K3 Suite Filters and Passband Tuning Win4K3Suite allows full control of the filters in the radio In the case of the KX3 there is more functionality than in the radio itself since it does not consider the Tech Mode settings for Passband instead providing all functionality irrespective of this set
37. l clockwise the IQ signals are Adjust this to compensate for small differences in oscillator frequencies Please see the Note In version 1 45 and on Win4K3Suite no longer supports ASIO devices Manual This dialog box presents a condensed version of this manual Click OK and then the spectrum scope will open Atthis point you will have to press the Control Panel button in the lower right hand corner of the spectrum scope window This will open the control panel as follows Audio Device Upper I 16 Bits PTEI 1800 0 Lower 24 Bits 5403 0 gt Upper 5330 5 Lower Global Offset 10150 0 SENE 10100 0 Bie 18168 0 gt Bye 18068 0 lt Bier 249900 Bia 24890 0 Lower Upper Lower EZS EZS EZS EZS EZS EZS EZS EZS Click on Connect and you will see the following device selection dialog This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici Band Edge Width 4000 0 14350 0 14000 0 Lower 214500 Bi 210000 BRS 29700 0 Bir 28000 0 at Lower 148000 0 BGs 144000 0 BRS Band Edge Colors It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ 10 Microphone E MU 0404 USB Line In Realtek High Definitio Here you will need to select an appropriate driver Once that is done the spectrum should display An example of this is the Microphone E MU 0404 USB Spectrum Setup software based spectrum scopes take th
38. long as changes are made only in the K3 Control window the equalizer display will remain correct The same limitation also applies to the coarse fine tuning control The other limitation concerns obtaining the shift of the subreceiver IF Currently this functionality is missing so it is not possible at the present time to change this for the subreceiver independently If you wish to have different filter settings for the subreceiver set them up on the main receiver and then double click on the A gt B button This will transfer all settings from the main to the sub You will then need to subsequently change the main receiver settings This behavior has been reported to Elecraft and hopefully there will be an update to the API soon Finally command for turning on Text Mode for CW FSK and PSK and adjusting threshold for the built in decoder are not available on the KX3 This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 23 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Part 2 User Interface and Functionality Radio Control Screens Win4K3Suite provides an easy to use interface to the Elecraft K3 and KX3 radios integrating almost all functionality including that of the KPA500 the KAT500 and the KXPA100 There are two possible radio control screens the full sized interface and the Mini Screen Switching between them is accomplished by going into Tools Settings User Preferences and checking o
39. o buttons a k3Macros Neco 17 Mecos Waco 19 Maco 20 Each button can be programmed with a mix of K3 KX3 KPA500 P3 and KAT500 commands Sets of macros can also be saved to a file and loaded allowing different sets depending on needs Macros are setup in the Tools Settings menu under the K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros tab Hardware P3 K3 Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences Label Macro Label Macro Macrol QRP On OS0 PC0050 Macro2 QRP Off 0S1 PC0301 Macro3 20m PSK31 FA00014070000 0S0 PC0251 Macro4 20m Voice FA00014200000 0S1 PC0301 Macro5 17mPSK31 FA00018100000 0S0 PC0251 Macro6 17m Voice FA00018135000 0S1 PC0301 Macro Macro 7 Macro8 Macro 8 MacroS Macro 9 Macro10 Macro 10 Macro11 Macro 11 Macro12 Macro 12 Macro13 Macro 13 Macro14 Macro 14 Macro15 Macro 15 Macro16 Macro 16 Macro17 Macro 17 Macro18 Macro 18 Macro19 Macro 19 Macro20 Macro 20 load Save Save Cancel Macros in Win4K3Suite can use almost any SET commands for the K3 P3 KPA500 and KAT500 They can be mixed together in the same macro according to the following rules K3 KX3 Macros You can use K3 macros using the normal K3 commands such as FA00014100000 i e SET frequency of VFO A to 14100000 Hz This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 41 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ The softwa
40. one by adding a command line parameter passive to the installation program as follows 1 Download the 64 bit version of MS Access Database Engine 2 Open the folder where you downloaded the file 3 Right Click on the file and select Copy 4 Next Right Click in the folder and select Paste Shortcut 5 Next Right click on the shortcut you just created and select Properties You will see the following This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 37 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ General Shortcut Compatibility Security Details aia Access Database Engine_x64 Shortcut es Target type Application Target location Downloads oads AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe passive 6 In the Target field you will need to first put double quotes around the existing Target entry For example if it was c Downloads AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe change it to c Downloads AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe Next add the passive parameter to the end What you will end up with is c Downloads AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe passive Click Apply then OK 7 Double click the shortcut and the install will run minimized When you open the Icon in the task bar it will show that it has successfully completed Start Win4K3 and you will now have access to HRD Logbook logging For all HRD Logging scenarios open HRDLogbook exe and then in Tools Configure
41. or the KAT500 clicking on the connect buttons as appropriate If you connect to the KX3 you can use the KAT500 as your tuner if you do not have the KX3100ATU Please note that to use the KAT500 you must first open the KAT500 utility from Elecraft and turn off sleep mode Otherwise Win4k3 will not connect This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 5 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Once the K3 is connected you can exit the setup menu by clicking the Save button All other setup functions can be done later if you wish by selecting the K3 Control Window and Tools Settings lf you wish to change comports for the K3 X KPA500 or KAT500 and you have already connected and saved the initial settings you will need to click one of the Disconnect buttons This will reset the ports and close Win4K3Suite and on the subsequent start will prompt you to connect the radio again All other settings will remain the same The software will auto determine if you have a K3 or K3X connected If you use both radios it is recommended to install the software in different folders where you can have dedicated settings for each radio To do this first do a normal installation of one copy Create a new Folder and copy all of the software from the normal install folder to this new folder You can then create a shortcut to the Windows4P3 exe file in this folder on your desktop Setup o
42. plications to take exclusive control of this device v Give exclusive mode applications priority ok Cancel Here you will see a list of formats that your device supports However in some cases the list will be incorrect and Windows will actually try and up sample the data stream which is not appropriate When in doubt refer to the manufacturer of your sound card and use that setting in Win4K3Suite You must set this to your planned maximum sample rate usage Please note that some devices such as the IMic require you to set this entry or they will not work in stereo So for the IMic make sure to set the format to 2 channel 48000 Hz Configuring Win4K3Suite for the Spectral Display Both the K3 and KX3 are supported with the Spectrum Display In the case of the KX3 nothing needs to be selected in the Setup menu In the case of the K3 there are several hardware devices that are supported These include LP Pan This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ and the SoftRock II Lite and the Elecraft P3 To configure the P3 display please see the next section Hardware P3 K3 X Settings P3 Macros K3 P3 KPA KAT Macros Media 3rd Party SW HW User Preferences Comports K3 KX3 Port COM Pot COM2 v KPA500 Port COM Pot COM1 v KAT500 Port COM Pot COM9 v Baud Rate 38400 v Baud Rate 38400 v
43. pyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 31 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Spectrum Spots In version 1 720 spots from the ClubLog screen now appear as triangles beneath the waterfall Hovering the mouse above the triangle will display the call sign or call sign DE Spotter depending on the setting in the spectrum control panel Clicking on the triangle 64 bit version will QSY to the spot In the 32 bit version double click above the spot in the waterfall Using the P3 Control Screen Win4KS3Suite offers a unique point and click interface to the Elecraft P3 Panadapter if you install a hardware video capture board MKR A 90 14 237 89 100 Ary J it 1 _ 1K a me ij h a j Il j wi NRI TAN a i A A Ma hoe Aardal Aaa aliras hus Mi gahi diini MA A ma ee ee AT adhe AA Ce ii i 9 oa ar i Wah KELAA KEN Ah ihi P Wt ai Y FAT P e i met avy 1 i tyke dhanadh 4 A F g l E sio I s2 L sso i sio The P3 Control Window supports recording of real time spectra to disk and has 8 configurable macros usable for the P3 or the K3 This will be found in the Tools Settings P3 K3 Macros tab Tracking and Fixed modes are available Operation is very similar to the P3 itself This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 32 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ K3 X Frequen
44. r un checking the Use Mini Control Screens box A restart is required Most of the buttons are self explanatory but there are a few sets of controls that can use further explanation pa a Temperature Em cose ow SS e a a for Pn Pie Po DE even TE 16 i 16 Shift ig tt Width Bt Boo oo AF Gain RFGain 50 400 800 600 400 3200 AF Gain RF Gain RF PWR Mic E ESA o NR E NG vox Main Full Sized Control for the K3 3 Control Center Wi JAE Em 14 287 000 14075906 EE au E Main Receiver Bands Modes SubRX VOX CW NB NR Filters ATU KPA RIT XIT AF Gain RFGain 50 SS SES OS 2 Mini Screen Controls for the K3 This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 24 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ is onan ERE Temperature Power nonm a De SES gt lt 7 5 A Shift J Width l AF Gai l Tools Help 28 090 000 28 060 710 Main Receiver Bands Modes VOX CW RIT XIT NB NR Filters ATU KPA z z z z z z z z z L 5 H H H Z Z Z z E nn EE EEE EE FEE FEL E Z i z Z Z z Z Z Z a H H z Z Z E Z Z Z 600 2400 320 RFGain 50 100 AF Gain 200 400 800 DualW RX Equalizer PSet1 Mini Screen Controls for the K3 VFO A and VFO B Tuning The radio may be tuned by slidin
45. re uses the K31 and K22 extended modes If this is changed be sure to set it back Use of Al1 Al2 and Al3 modes are not permitted P3 Macros You can use P3 macros using the normal P3 commands such as SPNO000500 which sets the span of the P3 to 50kHz KPA500 Macros You can use KPA500 macros using the normal KPA commands such as 4FC4 which sets the minimum fan speed to 4 Please note that bootloader commands are not supported and if the KPA500 is off the commands are ignored KAT500 Macros To use the KAT500 macros you must proceed each command with a amp For example amp AN1 sets the antenna to antenna 1 Please note that bootloader commands are not supported and if the KAT500 is off the commands are ignored This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici A It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Radio Menu Items K3 and KX3 From the Tools menu select Radio Menu Items This will open the following screen K3 Menu Settings w a m TI O a UNDO OFF Go m G m _ zg o SEF n EEE GO m m es 4i8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 m t ts o G m mt m a m Go m m 4 m a m Go m ei m s a m m on foe fon fa 4 4 m m Gg RS m m pa n nm Go m 4 m m m BIAS OFF lt m m 0 v w Ea Ea Bo Ea Ed G G ee Bo eo eo ee E E E E E E E 8 8 8 8
46. rosoft Office on your computer and whether you are using the 32 bit or 64 bit of Win4k3 HRD Logging without Microsoft Office on your computer Click on the button in the link You will be asked if you wish to download the 32 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine exe or the 64 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe Select the version you need download and install Nothing further needs to be done HRD Logging with Microsoft Access on your computer Here it gets a little more complicated There are a few scenarios depending on whether you have Microsoft Office installed on your computer and whether it is the 32 bit version of Office or the 64 bit version of Office Home and Student Office is always 32 bit The other editions of Office may be 32 bit or 64 bit You can try and determine which version is installed by opening it and selecting Help and in the search field type Help About and it will tell you how to perform this action If you can t find it it doesn t matter Just pick one of the following scenarios HRD Logging with 32 bit Win4K3Suite and 32 bit Microsoft Office Click on the button in the link You will be asked if you wish to download the 32 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine exe or the 64 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe Select the 32 bit version download and install Nothing further needs to be done This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 36 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of
47. ss Save and the video will connect You can change the video at any time without affecting any other setting lf you are using a webcam not as good as a hardware board be sure to click the 720P Webcam checkbox and position the webcam close to the P3 so that the width of the displayed image fills the display window in the P3 Control window You should also consider placing a cover over the cam and the P3 so that reflections are minimized In the case that you do not wish to use the P3 Control at all close the window and the setting will be remembered Use of Third Party Panadapter Software Win4K3Suite also supports third party panadapter software such as NAP3 To use these products they will need to be connected to the AUX CAT ports as described in the Integration of Third Party Hardware and Software This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 14 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Integration of Third Party Software and Hardware Win4K3Suite supports most third party products that can connect to an Elecraft K3 or KX3 through a standard serial port This includes almost all software packages such as DXLabs Log4OM Logger32 N1MM Contest logger and anything that works with OmniRig In addition it can interface to stand alone hardware packages that have a serial port connection to a computer Unlike comport sharing programs each connected device or software h
48. the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ HRD Logging with 64 bit Win4K3Suite and 64 bit Office Click on the button in the link You will be asked if you wish to download the 32 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine exe or the 64 bit version AccessDatabaseEngine_x64 exe Select the 64 bit version download and install Nothing further needs to be done If you get an error see below HRD Logging with 64 bit Windows and 32 bit Office Most of the time this will be the situation when you try to install the Access drivers Download the 64 bit version of the MS Access Database Engine and try to install it If you have 32 bit office you will get an error This is the error You cannnot install the 64 bit version of Microsoft Access Database A Engine 2010 because you currently have 32 bit Office products installed If you want to install 64 bit Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 you will first need to remove the 32 bit installation of Office products After uninstalling the following product s rerun setup in order to install 64 bit version of Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 lf you don t get an error then you have 64 bit office installed and all is well However the usual situation is that Office is 32 bit Microsoft made a blunder when they wrote the driver installation software here and the install will not allow you to install 64 bit Access drivers on a system with 32 bit Office However it can be d
49. ting Band Stack Registers New to version 1 748 are Band Stack Registers By default the K3 or KX8 will remember the previous frequency and mode when you change the band Band stack registers are per band memories that allow you to store up to 4 different frequency mode pairs per band To use this feature clicking the Band button that you are currently on will store the frequency and mode you are currently using and then cycle through up to 3 additional frequency mode pairs The first time you use this on a particular band a press of the band button will store the current frequency and mode If you then tune to a different frequency and mode on that band and then press the Band button again it will store the new pair and then go back to the previous pair Up to 4 pairs are available per band You can also right click in the Band section and then select a frequency mode pair from the popup menu This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 28 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ The Win4K3Suite Spectrum Scope The Win4K3Suite spectrum scope offers an easy to use spectrum scope with no need to worry about many of the technical aspects of Digital Signal Processing The display for the KX3 and LPPAN automatically takes into account all offsets for the various modes including the Weaver Shift in the KX3 Control Layout Frequency Scale VFOA Marker VFOA Passband VF
50. to use this and track the radio modes you must first connect the HRD Radio Control program to your radio and run the HRD logbook You must do this for the K3 or KX3 or if you have both radios you must do it for both Once you are connected open the radio pane in HRD Logbook View Radio Pane You will see something like this Radio Pane q E Disconnect f Options K3 ly Mode A CW Mode B LSB z Message There may be other buttons displayed but Win4KS3Suite only supports the default buttons and drop downs at this time For the K3 these are Mode A Mode B and Message For the KX3 they are Mode A and Mode B If you have other drop downs defined you MUST remove them from the radio pane To change the drop downs click on the Options Tab in the Radio Pane At that point you will see the following This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 19 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Radio Pane Radio Pane Configuration D Connect ROptions Connection Default Layout Radio as z Lo Y ModeA ModeB This is the default layout g amp Message x Baia bd aS iz ie The MODE button must be displayed in the radio pane X to support mode tracking in the Add Log Entry window JL ESS ZET 2 e The buttons and sliders you select here must be z displayed in Ham Radio Deluxe ot
51. ton will first do a GET ALL as shown by the GET ALL button being illuminated You will then be prompted for a file name You also have the choice to save the operating settings as well by checking or un checking the Save operating settings checkbox One thing you must be aware of here If you wish to save certain settings that only apply to a specific mode such as CW then the radio should be in CW mode to allow access to the radio menu items For example if you want to save the status of the DUAL PB if you are not in CW mode then the value will not be correct Loading the Settings Clicking on the Load File button will retrieve a previously saved file and then set all of the radio operating parameters if they were included in the save and then set all menu items to correspond to the ones saved This can take up to 45 seconds or So Errors Much attention was given to minimizing any errors that can occur from reading the menu items The software will retry up to three times If a valid response did not occur during these attempts an error message will be displayed and then the corresponding menu item s GET or SET button will remain illuminated This is particularly important when doing a GET ALL or SET ALL During these activities polling of the radio is temporarily suspended until the commands complete This prevents the majority of any errors you will encounter However if you are using devices connected to the AUX CAT ports it
52. ved Once you are successful close HRD Control and HRD Logbook Start Win4K3Suite and start HRDLogbook exe In the HRD software directory To make things simple you will want to create a shortcut on your desktop from the executable in the HRD folder or make an entry in Settings Third Party HW SW Auto Launch This way the logbook will start immediately when you start Win4kK3Suite Using MicroHam Routers Win4K3Suite will work with the MicroHam routers Please see detailed instructions here http va2tsq com page_id 798 Integration with CW Skimmer CW Skimmer is an extremely useful tool for decoding CW transmissions over a wide range of frequencies It is especially useful for working DX pileups where you can see where the DX last worked a QSO By default CW Skimmer will QSY to a spot using VFO A However when you are working DX you are usually in SPLIT mode So if you click on a spot with This document is Copyright 2013 2014 by Tom Blahovici 20 It may not be reproduced without express written consent of the author Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ CW Skimmer you will lose the DX transmitting frequency Win4K3 provides a way to translate all QSY s from VFO A to VFO B To enable this function connect CW Skimmer to AUX CAT port 4 and click the CW Skimmer check box This will inform Win4K3 that CW Skimmer is connected and it will enable the VFO A to VFO B QSY s By default it will use VFO A but in the Tools menu of the radio control screens

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