[Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
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 -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
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
Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
And the shorting bar is disengaged? Wish I had a dime for every time I connected a key and got a solid tone, only to find the shorting bar was in contact (barely) with the base contact. With best regards, Pete W1PNS - Original Message - From: John Flynn gio.fl...@gmail.com To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:25:58 PM Subject: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup? 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 -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
Thanks. Perhaps I misidentified the key. There's no shorting bar on this one--just the two terminal posts. ~John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Flynn gio.fl...@gmail.com 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 -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
OK, your comments helped me figure it out. What I have a is three-conductor cable. By swapping the various wires around, I found the two that worked. It ain't pretty, but :-) Now to get the two-conductor version. 73 ~John KK4BOB On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Flynn gio.fl...@gmail.com 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 -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup?
Is that a stereo plug you are using (tip, ring, and sleeve)? I believe a mono plug will simply short the contacts as if you were holding the key down. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Flynn Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:51 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 and J-38 hookup? Thanks. Perhaps I misidentified the key. There's no shorting bar on this one--just the two terminal posts. ~John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Flynn gio.fl...@gmail.com 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 -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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 __ 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
