[Elecraft] How do I generate a "Key Down" to tune an external 6m amp?

[bill conkling]

You might try the 1/4 inch jack on the back labeled "KEY".  I dunno but it might work.

...bill nr4c

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Bob KD7YZ <KD7YZ at denstarfarm.us> wrote:

>Willis 'Cookie' said:
>
>> The easy way is to hold the dash on the bug.
>
>unless I am missing something in Setup, I do not see how to tell the K3
>that I want manual dashes and string-dots. There is no setup for the
>keyer. So obviously if I short out the dash side, of the Vibroplex
>paddle, I get dashes. Many of them.
>
>And that is my question. How do I get a solid key-down, where the PTT IS
>activated, and RF flows?
>
>Seems right simple ,but my two choices here do not work.
>Use the keyer, push the PTT foot-switch, and I get a nice string of dots
>or dashes, as all of us expect.
>
>Push/HOLD the XMIT button and the PTT output of the K3 "seems" to not
>engage.
>
>Where, on the K3, would one pug in a regular old straight-key, and
>expect it to work as a regular old straight-key?
>
>The answer to that would solve my Sequencer problem for tuning w/o
>frying anything in the LNA chain.
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