I have an old Brown Brothers base that has both the paddle and straight key on
it. On the underside I put some plain old 1N40XX diodes and can use either on
the K2 with no changes and a single cord and plug.
HINT, HINT.... I sure wish this was an option on the K3 too. I often wondered
why such a great feature went away on the K3.
73,
Bob
K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR
On 9/19/2014 9:43 AM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) wrote:
I did something similar. I soldered a
two-Schottky-diodes-in-one-package-with-common-cathode device, salvaged from a
switching PSU, on a 6.3 mm jack, glued it to the base plate of my
sqeeze-paddle and I just have to plug in my straight key and can instantly use
both.
Op 2014-09-19 09:41 schreef Matt VK2RQ:
For my K2, I made a short adapter cable, 3.5mm female to 3.5mm stereo male,
and I soldered a couple of diodes inside the one of the 3.5mm connectors to
bring both tip and sleeve of the male connector to ground when the tip of the
female connector is grounded by a straight key. This goes into one of the
female sockets on a 2x3.5mm female stereo to 1x3.5mm male stereo Y-adapter
cable that is designed so one iPod can be shared with two sets of ear plugs.
My paddle goes into the other female socket on the Y-cable, and the Y-cable
goes into my K2.
I can then easily move between paddle and straight key, and the K2 will auto
detect. In addition, the Y-cable means I don't have to fumble around at the
back of the radio if I want to swap over some different keying devices.
I might have mentioned this before, but the K2 is a great radio:-)
It is!
Mine is called 3244... :-)
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