It was technically an attack on your reason for disliking "KEY OUT", not
you! I try to be careful to attack ideas, not people.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 4:06 PM Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Well, at least I managed to precipitate something all too rare on the
> Internet these days, unanimity. And
> WA6VAB Ray K3
> >
> >
> > From: Bob Wilson, N6TV
> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 12:10 PM
> > To: Pete Smith N4ZR; Elecraft Reflector
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] When is a Key Out not a Key Out
> >
> > Elecraft and ACOM amplifiers have a jack la
Well, at least I managed to precipitate something all too rare on the
Internet these days, unanimity. And only one of the responses went
beyond disagreeing, to attack me personally - that's progress of a sort.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:15 PM Ray wrote:
> When in Dough Read the manual.
> WA6VAB Ray K3
>
>
> From: Bob Wilson, N6TV
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 12:10 PM
> To: Pete Smith N4ZR; Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] When is
When in Dough Read the manual.
WA6VAB Ray K3
From: Bob Wilson, N6TV
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 12:10 PM
To: Pete Smith N4ZR; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] When is a Key Out not a Key Out
Elecraft and ACOM amplifiers have a jack labeled KEY IN, so connecting KEY
OUT to KEY
Elecraft and ACOM amplifiers have a jack labeled KEY IN, so connecting KEY
OUT to KEY IN makes the most sense. Alpha and SPE amps call it a RELAY
jack, but most rigs and some QSK amps don't use actual T/R relays any
more. A few amps have a jack labeled PTT (RF Kit, Juma). If you connect a
PTT
So, "keying the mic" or "keying up a repeater" is not proper
terminology? I've long heard the phrase of "the radio keys the
amplifier", etc.
I need to go back to Novice class I guess...
73, Nate, N0NB
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What a silly thing to get all bent out of shape about.
Dave AB7E
On 2/11/2022 7:48 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
Recently, I've been dealing with an issue involving the PTT out
connection on my K-3. Somewhere in the process, I realized that
Elecraft's terminology is to call this port Key
Pete,
That seems like a really snobby reason to dislike "key out", which is a
clear and common term for the connector that tells downstream components in
the signal path when the radio is transmitting. Our hobby will not implode
if one bit of vocabulary overlaps with CB.
In my mind: A key (or
Recently, I've been dealing with an issue involving the PTT out
connection on my K-3. Somewhere in the process, I realized that
Elecraft's terminology is to call this port Key Out.
With all due respect, this is Citizen's Band terminology, usually
encountered in the context of statements from
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