[Elecraft] K3 PTT CW

[Jerry Flanders]

If you decide to install that switch, just use it to open the key 
line. Then TX requires closing that switch plus activating the key.

Jerry W4UK


At 05:58 PM 5/22/2008, Paul W5DM wrote:

>Is there any setting in the K3. using an external CW keyer and PTT,   that
>can be used to make the key inactive while in the receive mode?  As is,
>while the PTT function at first glance seems to work normally, it is, in my
>opinion, incomplete in that closing the key while receiving turns on the
>transmitter.  For reasons that are both personal and compelling I will
>control the transmit/receive function completely by a manual send/receive
>switch of some kind.
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>I can accomplish what I want by using a double pole switch, one pole for the
>normal PTT and the other pole in the key line.  I am trying to save myself
>the trouble of installing such a switch--getting lazy in my old age.
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>Any help will be appreciated.
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>73 Paul W5DM
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