[Elecraft] [K3] Key out (was CW sideband)

[Brian Machesney]

If you don't want power output when you hit the key, turn off the VOX while
in CW mode - the rig responds with "PTT" in the message area. To get power
out with VOX off, you must press the XMIT button or active the PTT (with a
footswitch, for example) while keying the paddles.

Depending on what you mean, this is also the answer to the "full QSK"
statement. VOX "on" means that pressing the key activates the transmitter.
QSK on means the RX is active between code elements. Here is the "truth
table" for VOX and QSK:

VOX                             QSK
Off (message = PTT)     Off (message = SEMI)      XMIT button or PTT to
transmit
Off                               On (message = FULL)      Same as Off - Off
On (message = VOX)    Off                                  Key = transmit;
no RX between elements
On                               On                                  Key =
transmit; RX between elements

73 -- Brian -- K1LI
K1 270 -- K2 2070 -- K3 2465

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Carl Clawson <carlclawson at verizon.net>wrote:

> > ps: the first thing that drives me crazy about the K3?
> > The fact that the radio (and the amp) key when I'm playing
> > with my paddles and just wanna hear my own CW.
>
> Me too.
>
> I guess it must be done this way for people who send the key first to
> their amp or antenna switch, and then get their PTT back to the radio
> from it? Like from an extra contact pair on a relay that bypasses a
> mast-mount preamp. People hate smoking those.
>
> I also would like to be able to turn it off, so that Key Out occurs
> only when VOX or PTT is already asserted. Yet another menu option for
> the bottom of the software wish list!
>
> Also, I'm away from my K3 now but I could swear that it works at full
> QSK even if you don't have QSK enabled. That's pretty odd.
>
> 73 and thanks for listening,
> Carl WS7L
> K3 #486, 1 year old and owner is still smiling.
>
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