[Elecraft] K3: Terminology

[David Pratt]

Another thing that make me cringe is the use of 'radio' to mean a 
transceiver or rig. I first heard this on CB like 'keying the mike', 
long before CB was around in the UK.  I remember Eric saying that the 
XV144 would work on any radio. I could never get it to work on my old 
Philco.

For heaven's sake, don't let anyone use a 'rubber duck' on the KX3 ;-(

David G4DMP

In a recent message, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> writes
>Way back in the early 1950's, I learned that to "key" meant to close the
>(telegraph) key to activate the transmitter. "Keying" a rig is what one did
>when sending CW.
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