[Elecraft] practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

There's two things I often find missing in many ham stations: (a) a good 
dummy load, (b)  an accurate external SWR/Power meter. A good DVM is 
also handy to have as well.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 9/26/2017 6:27 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> 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
>
>
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