[Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500

[N4ZR]

And none is....

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/24/2019 10:12 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Scott,
>
> What do you mean by "if I get tired of all the racket"?
> The Elecraft gear is all electronic switching for T/R, so no relay 
> clacking racket.  That is true for ALL Elecraft gear, even the oldest K2.
>
> That may not be true for your old tube amplifiers, but the original 
> question was about a K3 and a KPA1500, so no relay clacking could be 
> present.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/24/2019 9:52 AM, K9MA wrote:
>> I know this will seem incredible to the software purists, but I have 
>> an actual mechanical "switch" in series with the PTT line. The K3 is 
>> always in QSK mode, but if I get tired of all the racket, I can just 
>> turn on the PTT. That seems to work flawlessly with the KPA1500, as 
>> well as my old tube amplifiers. (There's another switch in the keying 
>> line, just in case the computer goes nuts. Of course, that could 
>> NEVER happen.)
>>
>> 73,
>> Scott K9MA
>>
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