[1000mp] 1000MP and SB220

[Pete Smith]

At 04:14 PM 11/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it me or have the previous respondents missed the point?  Maybe I'm
>wrong but...
>
>I think the writer sometimes runs the MP barefoot in QSK - and other
>times, runs it with the SB220 (obviously NOT in QSK).
>
>His problem, I take it, is NOT how to operate an SB220 in QSK.
>Instead, when he has the amp offline so he can run barefoot, the MP's
>amplifier-keying relay is still clicking away, making QSK a nightmare.
>
>If it were a TS940, I'd say to unplug the DIN jack that has the TX GND
>  signal on it.  Doing so disables that relay.  Not elegant, but it
>works.  I don't know off the top of my head what works in the MP
>although I'd like to.  A menu setting perhaps?
>

Good point, Mike -- re-reading it I think you're right.  In that case, I 
would simply set the transceiver up for QSK and then use one of the 
back-panel voltages to key a transistor switch, which, in turn, would key 
the amplifier.

73, Pete N4ZR
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