Way back in the early 1950's, I learned that to "key" meant to close the (telegraph) key to activate the transmitter. "Keying" a rig is what one did when sending CW.
That was long, long before the "CB" craze. Indeed, 11 meters was still a Ham band then. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Ok, I'm putting on my curmudgeon hat here. The use of "key" to refer to transmit/receive switching is pure, 100% CB-speak. Every time I see the Key Out jack on the back of my K3, even though I *know* it is really the PTT Out, it makes me cringe, even worse than when I see phrases like "PTT Tx keying" on the reflector. Please guys, spare me... </rant> 73, Pete N4ZR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
