KX3 Com Ports - I Have CAT but Can't Transmit in Morse Code

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I’ve installed the drivers so I can use my KX3 with Digirig. I am successful in using FT8 and Winlink. However, I have partial success using N3FJP applications.

The CAT portion of the software indeed controls my bands and frequencies as expected. However, I am not able to transmit Morse Code using my Surface Go 2. On my HP laptop I see two Com Ports, standard and enhanced. On my Surface Go I only see one Com Port.

Any help is appreciated.

Savi W1SAV dit-dit

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The only way for the external interface to trigger radio’s CW is by connecting to its CW key socket. This can be done by using Digirig’s PTT switch, but requires a homebrew cable. Let me know if you are interested in building one.

Also can you clarify what you have connected to your HP laptop? What Digirig model and what radio?

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Thank you for your response. I had my solution by the time I got your response. Thank you for doing so.

My point of reference is that the CP10X drivers only produce a single com port on the Surface Go, and two on the HP laptops.

Thanks again.

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I don’t have this radio, and I’m slow on the uptake. But I want to be prepared if someday I’m in the field and someone with a KX3 asks to borrow my Digirig.

Is your outcome:

  1. I can do CAT control and CW via N3FJP with the Digirig on the HP laptop.
  2. I see two COM ports, but can’t do CAT control and CW via N3FJP with the Digirig on the HP laptop until I build the custom cable.

or something else?

73 Constrainted

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My issue is with the KX3 and the Surface Go 2. Yes, I have CAT control of the KX3 from the Surface Go. The CW part I am researching again. The KX3 is funky in that regard so i must verify my previous comment.