[Elecraft] K3: new to wish-list - KEY OUT setting in menu (to be more like PTT OUT) for CW PTT mode

[Lennart Michaëlsson]

G'day all,
I support the proposal having this at least as an option which would be
logical for folks having external equipment with different time delays where
the sequence could otherwise be started without intention.

73
Len/SM7BIC


Hello Elcrafters,

it was tested that KEY OUT port (rear panel of K3) is not in CW PTT
mode acting as PTT OUT (how was wrongly supposed to be) and this was
confirmed by Elecraft as intentional behavior but that if there will
be some feedback/requests from customers, maybe will be possible to
set this in Menu sometimes later.

Now - in CW mode - KEY OUT port is activated by pressing of the Key
even if VOX(QSK) is off and K3 is in pure PTT mode. This pressing of
the Key is activating Sidetone, TX LED and KEY OUT going to GND. No RF
is going out - it is OK - but the rest of system (linears,
transverters, preamp relays on tower,...) is going to TX and back.
Only by unwanted touching of the Key without PTT on.
(On many trasceivers is only sidetone generated by pressing the Key to
check pitch for zero-beat tuning but no one  I had on the table was
activating the rest of the system by any port...)

So wish is like that:

- possibility to set KEY OUT as real PTT OUT in CW when K3 is in PTT mode

it means no activity on KEY OUT without PTT IN or XMIT active (when K3
is in PTT mode)

This "wish" is only about CW  PTT mode, in any VOX/QSK or SSB PTT it
can be as it is.