[Elecraft] K3: Terminology

[Vic K2VCO]

That's right. And I object to the use of the word 'PTT', which means "Push To Talk." 
That's pure phone-speak! Ain't no talking around here, just keying. :-)


On 4/11/2012 8:07 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> 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.
>
> That was long, long before the "CB" craze. Indeed, 11 meters was still a Ham
> band then.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Ok, I'm putting on my curmudgeon hat here.  The use of "key" to refer to
> transmit/receive switching is pure, 100% CB-speak.  Every time I see the Key
> Out jack on the back of my K3, even though I *know* it is really the PTT
> Out, it makes me cringe, even worse than when I see phrases like "PTT Tx
> keying" on the reflector.
>
> Please guys, spare me...</rant>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR

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Vic, K2VCO
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