[Elecraft] KEY OUT (K3)

[Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM]

WILLIS COOKE wrote:
> I may be missing something, but when I close the key in the PTT mode I get a sidetone with no output.  I get output only if I close the PTT or use VOX.  I have not yet connected my amplifier, so I am not sure what the Key Out does.  If I am setting parameters in my K3 I want the amplifier to be either in off or Standby.  (On my amp Standby just removes the relay voltage in the keying circuit.)  I never have seen an amplifier without some kind of off and standby switches.  I don't understand the problem.

So now you have two things to toggle to get into "test mode" - the K3
and the amp separately... and the amp may not be within arm's reach
of the operating position.

I must say that I was quite surprised (and a little embarrassed) when I
took my K3 to a contest station recently (where I'll be operating SS
this weekend), and discovered (infront of the station owner) that his
the amp was getting keyed even though the K3 was in "TX TEST" mode.

Whilst I (now) understand why it's happening (receiver is being turned 
off), I still think it's wrong...

     ~Iain