Is that a "stereo" plug you are using (tip, ring, and sleeve)? I believe a mono plug will simply short the contacts as if you were holding the key down.
Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Flynn Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup? Thanks. Perhaps I misidentified the key. There's no shorting bar on this one--just the two terminal posts. ~John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Flynn <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Day All, > > I'm attempting to connect my old J-38 to my newly-acquired KX-1 > without success. Other than setting the input menu to hnd, is there > something else I should be doing? I'm using an old stereo cable with a > 1/8 plug for the connection. When I plug it in, I get a continuous > tone *without* actually keying the handkey. Tnx. > > ~John KK4BOB > > -- > John Flynn > Tallahassee, Florida > USA > -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
