[Elecraft] K2 muting et al

[brianpepperdine brianpepperdine]

Interesting to see some of the info on the K2 muting and T/R topic. It 
seems the person with the query appears to have a solution for his 
needs. Great.

I was going to bring up the topic of Jim Kortge's Magic Box, which at 
one time was available from 4 States QRP Club. No longer though.
Jim has a more recent MB, info is out there somewhere, and I think info 
is on GitHub or something.
http://www.4sqrp.com/MagicBox.php
does have the original info, which one can discern pertinent info 
from....

I did note that Terry Dayton had, some weeks back, a look-see at using 
the typical 'ice cube' relay solutions, which he found bad re. isolation 
etc. Its on his YouTube page for D Lab. His follow-up on a better 
solution has yet to appear.... it might be lack of interest re. his 
followings that has halted that or that he is just too busy now that he 
has quit his day job to go to D Lab work full-time re. fixing and 
Patreon stuff.

Yes, Dow Keys are the answer often, but harder and more expensive to 
find... lucky for me I got what I needed cheaper at fests about 30 years 
ago.. for my Boatanchor so my needs are met for T/R... I still have a 
Magic Box I have not built and likely will not need since I doubt now I 
will build anything as separate transmitter and receiver at the QRP 
level to require it.

At some time recently I did ask Jim Kortge about the Magic Box re. some 
higher power level I might use (BA stuff) but it was not applicable.

Brian VE3HI