Hi David, I use FLDigi on Mac. In fact, I have it running now, connected to my KX3.
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I use the KXUSB cable for Rig control; had to load the FTDI drivers that you can find a link to on Elecraft's site or click here -. FLDigi gives you basic Rig control. You can download FLRig if you want more rig control from the Mac. There are no specific rig files for the KX3, but choosing the K3 beta rig control seems to cover about 90% of all the rig control I need from the computer. The KX3 is after all sitting right in front of me.
Not hard to just reach out and change what I need on the rig itself. I use the KX3 cable with the green patch between the Mic (KX3) and Headphone jack (Macbook OS X 10.5.8). I use the cable with the red patch between the headphone jack (KX3) and the line-in input on the Macbook. I also set the VOX on the KX3 so it will transmit when I hit send on FLDigi.
For digital modes, the VOX on the KX3 is excellent. This really makes your onboarding to digital modes with the KX3 very very easy and quick. You will of course need to ensure that the sound levels are not too high on the Mac (both main sound volume and line-in) and that all sound effects are turned off in this configuration. You will need to experiment a bit to get the Mac levels and the KX3 (AF and Mic Gain) levels right and not too high to get a nice looking waterfall. I think my Mic Gain is set at 18 and AF is 8 in combination with about 30% speaker volume and 50% line-in on the Mac.
Alternatively, you can use a USB sound card (Soundblaster or Griffin iMic from Amazon) to give FLDigi a different sound card to use than the main sound card in your Mac. You will need to set the KX3 to data and sub-mode Data A. I also adjust the bandwidth to 4.0 (PBT I) so that the KX3 sends all that it hears within the USB bandwidth on 20meters. That's pretty much it.
Learn FLDigi and run on any platform. I love HRD and DM780, but sadly it is Windows only and I have moved on from Windows to Linux and Mac. I have installed and executed FLDigi on each platform and am starting to broaden my macro knowledge in order to control the rig for contesting. FLDigi has a good user's guide. I highly recommend reading it and consulting it often.
It will help. With use, you will remember more and FLDigi will be your goto digital mode program. One thing I noted about FLDigi with RTTY is that it consumes about 10-15% more processor cycles than PSK31. Not sure why and I have changed multiple config settings in hopes to reduce that load to no avail. If you are plugged into the mains, then no problem.
If you are running on a Macbook on battery, might be a little less running time when portable. I have just recently learned that the Elecraft KX3/PX3 Utility programs for Mac are only OS X 10.6+ compatible.
So, I either update the OS or use Linux. Right now, my main shack computer is Linux. Not a big deal for me at this point that I can't run the utility programs on Mac. I am getting the Macbook ready for Winter Field day Jan 24-25th and should have all that I need set-up ahead of time utility wise. Regards, Brian VE3IBW On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 1:09 PM, David Ahrendts wrote. Total newby to RTTY.
Wanna learn it. What Mac OS software do you recommend for the KX3 for RTTY and other data? David A., KC0XT David Ahrendts Elecraft mailing list Home: Help: Post: mailto: This list hosted by: Please help support this email list: Message delivered to Elecraft mailing list Home: Help: Post: mailto: This list hosted by: Please help support this email list: Message delivered to. Hi DavidI use FLDigi on Mac.
In fact, I have it running now, connected to my KX3. I use the KXUSB cable for Rig control; had to load the FTDI drivers that you can find a link to on Elecraft's site or click here -. FLDigi gives you basic Rig control. You can download FLRig if you want more rig control from the Mac. There are no specific rig files for the KX3, but choosing the K3 beta rig control seems to cover about 90% of all the rig control I need from the computer. The KX3 is after all sitting right in front of me.
Not hard to just reach out and change what I need on the rig itself. I use the KX3 cable with the green patch between the Mic (KX3) and Headphone jack (Macbook OS X 10.5.8). I use the cable with the red patch between the headphone jack (KX3) and the line-in input on the Macbook. I also set the VOX on the KX3 so it will transmit when I hit send on FLDigi. For digital modes, the VOX on the KX3 is excellent. This really makes your onboarding to digital modes with the KX3 very very easy and quick.
You will of course need to ensure that the sound levels are not too high on the Mac (both main sound volume and line-in) and that all sound effects are turned off in this configuration. You will need to experiment a bit to get the Mac levels and the KX3 (AF and Mic Gain) levels right and not too high to get a nice looking waterfall. I think my Mic Gain is set at 18 and AF is 8 in combination with about 30% speaker volume and 50% line-in on the Mac.
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Alternatively, you can use a USB sound card (Soundblaster or Griffin iMic from Amazon) to give FLDigi a different sound card to use than the main sound card in your Mac. You will need to set the KX3 to data and sub-mode Data A. I also adjust the bandwidth to 4.0 (PBT I) so that the KX3 sends all that it hears within the USB bandwidth on 20meters. That's pretty much it. Learn FLDigi and run on any platform. I love HRD and DM780, but sadly it is Windows only and I have moved on from Windows to Linux and Mac.
I have installed and executed FLDigi on each platform and am starting to broaden my macro knowledge in order to control the rig for contesting. FLDigi has a good user's guide. I highly recommend reading it and consulting it often. It will help. With use, you will remember more and FLDigi will be your goto digital mode program.
One thing I noted about FLDigi with RTTY is that it consumes about 10-15% more processor cycles than PSK31. Not sure why and I have changed multiple config settings in hopes to reduce that load to no avail. If you are plugged into the mains, then no problem. If you are running on a Macbook on battery, might be a little less running time when portable. I have just recently learned that the Elecraft KX3/PX3 Utility programs for Mac are only OS X 10.6+ compatible.
So, I either update the OS or use Linux. Right now, my main shack computer is Linux. Not a big deal for me at this point that I can't run the utility programs on Mac. I am getting the Macbook ready for Winter Field day Jan 24-25th and should have all that I need set-up ahead of time utility wise. regardsBrian VE3IBW On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 1:09 PM, David Ahrendts wrote: Total newby to RTTY.
Wanna learn it. What Mac OS software do you recommend for the KX3 for RTTY and other data? I mostly use cocoaModem for RTTY and other digital modes. I have also used fldigi. For both programs, I use a SignaLink USB as the interface between my MacBook Pro and the K3 with a home brew cable that connects the SignaLink to the Line In and Out connectors on the back of the K3. I use a separate connection for PTT from the SignaLink to the PTT In connector on the K3. This last connection lets me switch between voice and digital modes without changing the K3's VOX setting.
(Note that in this configuration, the SignaLink is performing the VOX function.) For RTTY, I run the K3 in AFSK A mode. I use DATA A mode for all other digital modes. I have a preference for cocoaModem over fldigi. I think I get better decoding from cocoaModem, but my preference may be mostly that I am much for familiar with cocoaModem than with fldigi. CocoaModem is well integrated with both RUMlog, a DX and general purpose logging program, and RUMped, a contest logging program. All these programs are no cost and source code is available for cocoaModem. 73 Bill AE6JV On 1/1/15 at 10:09 AM, (David Ahrendts) wrote: Total newby to RTTY.
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