If I am not mistaken I think the "proper" way of tuning the amp is with a
pulser or sending a string of dits at say 60wpm not a solid tone.
Randy


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Bob KD7YZ <kd...@denstarfarm.us> 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.
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