I think that it is a great idea. The line has to go non-active first
before it is allowed to key the radio.
At 6/28/2008 01:16 AM, Brett Howard wrote:
Sounds like a smart addition to me. Protects people from transmitting
into something horrible on accident. Always puts a smile on your face
when software protects you from doing something stupid on accident.
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 19:51 -0700, wayne burdick wrote:
> Dave,
>
> I wanted to run a possible solution past you.
>
> I could prevent the rig from being keyed (by any method) during the
> first couple of seconds that it's powered up. Instead, it could detect
> this case, and display a repeating message (something like: "KEYLINE IS
> ACTIVE") until you either remove the source of the keying or turn power
> off.
>
> Thoughts on this?
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL wrote:
>
> > I've got my K3 set up for cw on Field Day with a laptop usb
> > port driving a usb to serial converter. Rig control and cw
> > keying are done over the serial cable, using the K3's
> > built-in ability to send cw from pin 4(?) of the rs-232
> > cable.
> >
> > Everything works fine, but I got quite a scare when I turned
> > on the K3 and it came up keyed-down 120 watts into no
> > antenna. It seems that if the laptop is not running the
> > logging program, rs-232 pin 4 can very well be in a key-down
> > state.
>
>
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