There you go Don,what could be easier and cheaper than an old discontinued 
mouse wired to that 1/4" stereo plug,and as I said,I configured my K3 to send 
CW when I am in SSB,so push the mouse and tune the amp,that's a killer,I bet it 
will cost less than five bucks.
Thanls for that idea.
 
AD4C
 


"For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3"

--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] a simple morse code sender to replace the audio pulser
To: "Hector Padron" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:25 PM


Hector,

IMHO - Finally a voice of sensibility in this discussion.
I will offer yet another suggestion for those who do not want to find a box and 
a switch - find an old computer mouse - those that have real switches on the 
buttons (the mouse ball does not have to work).  Wire either 1 or both switches 
to the 1/4 inch plug.  Now you have a "paddle" that can send either dots or 
dashes.  Set the speed to about 40 wpm, press the dot side and tune the amp  If 
you want to use a greater duty cycle to refind the amp's tuning, just press the 
dash side.

If you dislike switching to CW mode for tuning, just go to the menu and add CW 
in SSB.

I have always thought the "Pulser" was just another gadget to clutter up the 
hamshack.  We have tuned amplifiers for years without them, and things worked 
out just fine.  But I also know there are strong advocates of the Pulser that 
will not be swayed - something about a 30% duty cycle, and a string of dots 
produces a 50% cycle without changes in the weighting..

73,
Don W3FPR

Hector Padron wrote:
> What could be cheaper than build a project box with just a simple push boton 
> and a piece of wire that will end in a regular stereo 1/4" plug wired for the 
> "dots" pluged at the CW jack in the rear,c'mom guys,anyone can build that for 
> less than ten bucks and then send the CW at 40 wpm pushing it down,isn't that 
> so hard to build?
>  AD4C
>   



      
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