[Elecraft] Dayton Discovery

[David Wilburn]

It has been talked about before, and I was under the impression it was 
off the table as for as future availability.  Your discussion with 
Wayne indicates otherwise.

The connector is used for testing and equipment interaction when they 
build the unit at the factory.  Others can add more.  I had my hopes 
up at one point that they were going to make that a keyboard port, and 
looking at this response from one of the field testers, it looks like 
it may still be on the 'list'.

http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=14037060&framed=y



Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766

"For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will 
never know."


Ed Berbari wrote:
> I  have been monitoring this reflector for over 3 months as I have 
> making up my mind about getting a K3.  Arrived at this decision with an 
> unusual point of view - I will save this for another post.  I ordered a 
> well equipped K3 on May 6 presumably ahead of the Dayton rush.
> 
> Anyway I still have a lot of questions and had a chance to talk with 
> Wayne this afternoon at the booth.  I wondered about the requirement of 
> using the keyer for standalone PSK or RTTY operation.  He said the 
> feature was there because he doesn't always like to turn on his computer 
> to operate these modes.  I agreed but noted that I can type faster than 
> I can send code.  So why not a more flexible way to connect just a 
> keyboard.  He then pointed out the RJ-45 connector on the bottom/front 
> of the rig.  He just sort of smiled about this, but after reading the 
> mail for several months and reading the owners manual fairly thoroughly 
> this was the first I heard of this feature (yet unused).  Following his 
> coy smile he just indicated that the keyboard was probably not a front 
> burner issue.
> 
> Does anybody on the list have more info on the RJ-45 that they would 
> like to share?
> 
> Ed, W9EJB
> 
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