[Elecraft] K3 PTT in SSB with CW-Key?

[Ken Wagner K3IU]

I would like to add my opinion to this issue... just in case anyone is 
keeping score :-) .

I would recommend that this NOT be incorporated into the K3. There are 
at least 4 places that I'm aware of on the existing K3 where PTT can be 
manually asserted while in SSB mode. On the Front Panel one may tap the 
XMIT button; the MIC connector has a PTT pin for access; on the back 
panel there is an input jack for an external switch for asserting PTT; 
and the Accessory port on the back has a pin dedicated to PTT. It would 
seem to me that 4 different input locations are enough and that the 
paddle/key inputs should NOT be used for a PTT function. Even though 
we've been assured that there is plenty of memory available in the K3 
for doing wonderful things,  it is finite.

73,
Ken K3IU
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Dr. Werner Furlan wrote:
> hi all, 
>
> On 27 Apr 2008 at 8:45, mark roz wrote:
>
>   
>> It would be nice to be able to use CW paddle plugged into paddle jack.
>> Just like in K2. 
>>     
>
> yes please!
>
>   
>> --- On Sun, 4/27/08, Ed K1EP <k1ep.list at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>>> I would like to use my CW key to key the transmitter in
>>>>         
>>> SSB mode.
>>>       
>>>> This is very handy in the K2 when I use the Heil
>>>>         
>>> headset and don't want to
>>>       
>>>> use the vox.
>>>> Is this already possible with the K3?
>>>>         
>>> Plug your key into the KEY jack, next to the 
>>> PADDLE jack.  Or plug a footswitch or handswitch into the
>>> KEY jack.
>>>       
>
> It does not work neither in KEY nor in PADDLE. 
> Both lines are inactive in SSB mode. Whom can I bother to put it on the 
> wishlist?
>
> 73! de Werner
> OE9FWV
>
>