On 1/13/2012 10:21 AM, Kok Chen wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2012, at 2:33 AM, WW3S wrote:
>
>> I had at least one qso that seemed very slow.....when I asked about it, I
>> think he said he had a K3 and was sending RTTY using a key?
> Not a straight key, but a Morse paddle.
>
> In FSK mode, the K3 lets you key input using a Morse paddle. Regular Morse
> (e.g., di-dah) from the paddle is converted to serial Baudot (e.g.,
> start-1-1-0-0-0-stop) code to modulate the transmitter.
Kind of like using a golf club to mow the grass. :-)
73, Bill W6WRT
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