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Chapter 4 - Advanced Features
K1EL WinKey
Set Mode
MODE <mode>
Sets the mode to the supplied value.
Top Window
TOPW
Makes the Ham Radio Deluxe the top-most window in the Z-order, in other words
brings Ham Radio Deluxe to the front of your monitor.
K1EL WinKey
Introduction
“WinKey brings high functionality, fully featured Morse keying to logging applications.
Although designed for Windows-based software implementation, WinKey can add
value to all logging programs regardless of operating system or platform. Can also be
used as a stand-alone keyer.”
Source: http://www.k1el.com/
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A lot of the description of the WinKey support is taken from the WinKey
documentation, copyright K1EL.
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(Photos from http://www.k1el.com/)
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K1EL’s WinKey is an excellent computer controllable keyer solution. It supports
everything a CW enthusiast could want. Many computer programs support WinKey;
here is a description of the Ham Radio Deluxe support.
You will need a standard 9-pin serial cable (not NULL-modem).
Select K1EL WinKey from the Tools menu, the WinKey window is displayed.
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Main Window
Here the user is sending text at 12 wpm – the speed is adjusted with the slider in the topleft. If Repeat is checked the text is retransmitted after a user- configured value between
2 to 60 seconds, in this example 5 seconds.
Text is entered using the keyboard; only the allowable CW characters can be entered.
Macros are selected by double-clicking on an entry in the macros list or by using an
accelerator key combination such as Ctrl+1.
Press F2 to start sending.
Ham Radio Deluxe
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