Overview
Thank you for your purchase of the QRPworks SideKar
Decoder Edition.
Its purpose is to enhance your operating experience whether
portable or in your home shack.
It can be used with any rig, but has specific CAT interfaces to the:
•Elecraft KX3 / KX2 / K3 / K3S
•Icom IC-705 (via optionalBluetooth accessory)
•Yaesu FT817 / FT-818 / FT-857 / FT-897
•QRP Labs QCX family of rigs
These interfaces provide rig-specific features that are detailed
later in this manual.
In a nutshell for all rigs,
•It decodes incoming CW using audio from any rig,
typically from the rig’s headphone jack.
•It sends CW to any rig with a straight key mode using a
paddle, typing on a keyboard, or sending user-defined
messages from the keyboard. It allows you to change
the keying mode, speed, paddle dits/dah orientation
easily from a keyboard
•It is a message generator, allowing you to send up to 20
user-defined messages, with just a keystroke.
•It is a log, with space for 1000 QSOs
•The log will automatically be populated with the current
date and time, so you don’t have to enter it.
•It is an ADIF export tool, allowing you to export your logged
QSOs in a standard ADIF format, which can then be
imported into most commercially available logs, or ARRL’s
Logbook of the World
•It is a log for events, such as Summits on the Air (SOTA),
Parks on the Air (POTA), ARRL’s Field Day, etc.
•It is portable, with a sunlight readable display.
•It is a low current device, using little of your battery capacity
