John, That sounds like you could have a shorted cable. Unplug it from the KX1 and check between the tip and the shell with your ohmmeter. You did say "old J38" - if it has been sitting around for a while, maybe it has developed a short somewhere.
If you have the J-38 on its original base, did you connect the cable to the rearmost terminals on the base, or did you connect the cable directly to the terminals on the frame of the key. You must connect to the terminals on the frame of the key - the rearmmost terminals have a shorting bar under them. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/12/2011 1:25 PM, John Flynn wrote: > Good Day All, > > I'm attempting to connect my old J-38 to my newly-acquired KX-1 > without success. Other than setting the input menu to hnd, is there > something else I should be doing? I'm using an old stereo cable with a > 1/8 plug for the connection. When I plug it in, I get a continuous > tone *without* actually keying the handkey. Tnx. > > ~John KK4BOB > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
