I've always thought this was pretty neat - I could pull out the paddles and plug in the (suitably wired) straight key and not have to mess with the menu settings. It occurred to me that I could even have both plugged in at the same time and go back and forth (though my desk space doesn't really provide for this).
When I started exploring computer keying, it was clear that I needed something to allow me to have both the computer cable and paddles plugged in at the same time. Gee, while I was at it, wouldn't it be nice to be able to leave computer, bug, straight key *and* paddles plugged in at once? Sure. That would be easy; the K2 manual basically gives the required hits. But making it small was the problem (see above comments about desk space). After several trial orders of parts, I discovered that you can make it pretty darn small. Four Switchcraft 35RAPC2BH3 horizontal mini stereo jacks can be crammed into a Serpac C-4 enclosure. Just. The terminal spacings aren't quite right for .100" perfboard, so I wired it up ugly style, using magnet wire for the "bus" connections. Two diodes, a few 1/4" holes, a 6" stereo extension cord pigtail and a grommet and ... just what I wanted! Thought I'd pass this along, mostly to get the part numbers into the archives. 73 de chris K6DBG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
