I'm missing something. My K3 back panel has two 1/4 inch key jacks, one for a paddle, one for a straight key. I plug a paddle into one, and the keying line from my computer into the other. I have a vibroplex bug and plan to put a 1/4 inch mono Y adapter plug into the straight key socket. Then I can press the dash side of the bug.
What I do now for key down is press the TUNE button on the front of the radio. 73 de Dick, K6KR > On Jan 17, 2014, at 20:44, Bob KD7YZ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Willis 'Cookie' said: > >> The easy way is to hold the dash on the bug. > > unless I am missing something in Setup, I do not see how to tell the K3 > that I want manual dashes and string-dots. There is no setup for the > keyer. So obviously if I short out the dash side, of the Vibroplex > paddle, I get dashes. Many of them. > > And that is my question. How do I get a solid key-down, where the PTT IS > activated, and RF flows? > > Seems right simple ,but my two choices here do not work. > Use the keyer, push the PTT foot-switch, and I get a nice string of dots > or dashes, as all of us expect. > > Push/HOLD the XMIT button and the PTT output of the K3 "seems" to not > engage. > > Where, on the K3, would one pug in a regular old straight-key, and > expect it to work as a regular old straight-key? > > The answer to that would solve my Sequencer problem for tuning w/o > frying anything in the LNA chain. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
