John --- I suggest you send this 'quality' information quickly to RF Concepts and tell them they better take that brick off of the key to their amps that they demo at hamfest.
This thread ranks right up there with 'where do you plug a straight key into a K3?'. W4BQF -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John K9UWA Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 8:23 AM To: K3 List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How do I generate a "Key Down" to tune an external 6m amp? Yes Randy is correct. The Tube dealers LOVE people who tune up with a Brick on the Key. Kills your Tubes much faster. Plus you get a much more accurate tuneup by sending dots than you do with a solid tone. It duplicates your actual transmissions using dots rather than solid tone. Its really easy to do guys. Just set your coffee cup against the paddles making dots and turn the knobs on your amp. John k9uwa > 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 > John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF Antique Radio Restorations k9...@arrl.net Visit our Web Site at: http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com 4836 Ranch Road Leo, IN 46765 USA 1-260-637-6426 ______________________________________________________________ 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
