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

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Mon Apr 28 06:23:41 EDT 2008


I wonder if the suggestion was intended to be use the PTT jack on the  
rear - but it's an RCA socket.
-- 
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On 28 Apr 2008, at 10:46, 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?



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