[Elecraft] Firmware request

[Giulio Pico - IW3HVB]

Giulio Pico - IW3HVB ha scritto:
> We use a foot switch to drive the sequencer and the radio PTT is 
> controlled via the external PTT socket.

I've noticed another couple of  issues.... regarding CW this time.
Squeezing the paddles (or using only dots or dashes, doesn't matters) 
with no external PTT grounded one XV144 relay clicks constantly 
following the CW pattern (no rf output anyway...).
But this is only a minor problem. The big issue is about the no-break in 
functioning that behaves oddly.
If you ground the PTT and start to send CW all works fine, but if you 
release the PTT the radio keeping the paddles working the radio keeps 
transmitting! I finally understand how we manage to burn 3 MGF1801 at 
the LNA..... It is likely that an operator slipped on the pedal for a 
brief moment, starting the sequence for rx, while continuing to transmit 
with the paddles.... The 5 or 6 watts output of the XV144 we use are 
more than enough to cook the gaasfet.
BTW You get the same behaviour when you use the internal memory keyer. 
The radio stops transmitting only when the message is over.
Another one I found while writing this message....  If the radio is in 
SSB the paddles keep working "hit to tx" style.....  so if you hit one 
paddle without grounding the PTT the radio goes tx as well....

I have no idea if I'm doing something wrong, but I feel this is not the 
case.

That's all so far.....  73 de Giulio IW3HVB