Using WKFlex

JohnK2CIB

Hi Max. I am missing something. I have been using my WinKeyer USB with my remote Flex successfully for many years, but have only a feeble piezo transducer in the WinKeyer for sidetone. I have brought out the leads into a small amp/speaker and that works, but isn't that what your program is supposed to do? I ran WKFlex and it inserts properly into the keying stream but what am I gaining by using WKFlex? I thought it would produce sidetone.

John, K2CIB

N5NHJ

Hi John,

The goals of WKFlex are 1) using a paddle to send CW from a remote radio and 2) have some sort of no-delayed sidetone at the operating site.

The sidetone is generated by the device (WKUSB, K3NG, etc.. WKUSB-AF is perfect for this) not by the software. WKFlex creates a tunnelling between your device and the virtual winkeyer embedded in SmartSDR.

I'm not aware of any althernative method to use a paddle (and generate a local sidetone) other than WKFlex, or a pair of Remoterig boxes, or the RemoteKeyer software.

If you have discovered something new, plaease share it with the community.

73, Max

ea5wa

Is my first day trying to use WKFlex. My Flex 6600 is transmiting my CW created by WKFlex, but I don't have any sidetone.

What could be wrong?

73 de EA5WA Juan Carlos

N5NHJ

The sidetone is generated by your local Winkeyer. You need to check the Winkeywr config.

N5NHJ

Why do not switch to MorCoNI?

ea5wa

I would like to have the sidetone in my headphones to not bother my family.

One of the reasons I started in CW was because it allowed me to do radio at night without disturbing my family.

I can not understand why I can not do it remotelly with a Flex Radio

73 de EA5WA Juan Carlos