[Elecraft] practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Whenever I'm doing anything with a powered-up rig and don't want to
transmit, I have a dummy load on the antenna port. That way the worst that
can happen is that I waste a little energy warming the dummy load. 

You are my kind of Ham, Peter. I'm not bothered by choosing between a dozen
switches but sorting through half a dozen menu items to change one gives me
a headache. I remember a name the same way - write it down so I can remember
it in print. But if I let it float around in my gray matter "aether" it's
'pfffft!' - gone in minutes. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Eijlander
(PA0PJE)
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:06 PM
To: Reflector Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

I glued a 6.3 mm jack to the base of my Ham-Key paddle and a common cathode
double Schottky diode, that can be found in nearly any old PC power supply,
to create a straight-key input and while glueing I made a small DPDT switch
to reverse the paddles for left hand operation...
I know that can be set from the menu but the switch is much easier.

73,
Peter