Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes - Heil Footswitch

2008-03-21 Thread Jay Bromley
Reasonably priced footswitches can also be had at your local music store. I am using one thin Heil footswitch and the other a cheap knockoff, both are doing great. However stomping on either with hiking boots, I am not sure. So I tread lightly on my footswitchs. Heil also has a footswitch th

Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes - Heil Footswitch

2008-03-21 Thread Bill W4ZV
Barry N1EU wrote: > > "The Heil footswitch is FB quality and reasonably priced." > > We must have a different definition of "FB quality". I've owned > several Heil footswitches and they all eventually failed with stripped > pivot screws. It's a poor mechanical design. You can kludge a repai

Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
K3/100 #0192 - Original Message - From: "Dave G4AON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:31 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes Julian Mine doesn't behave like that, it works as expected and toggles the TX on /off (MCU firmware 1.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread Julian G4ILO
On 21/03/2008, Dave G4AON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine doesn't behave like that, it works as expected and toggles the TX > on /off (MCU firmware 1.78). So does mine. now. :-o The only thing I've done is turn the rig off and then turn it on again since updating the firmware. > However for

[Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread Barry N1EU
"The Heil footswitch is FB quality and reasonably priced." We must have a different definition of "FB quality". I've owned several Heil footswitches and they all eventually failed with stripped pivot screws. It's a poor mechanical design. You can kludge a repair with a long machine screw and ny

Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread ON4WIX
ON4WIX K2/100 #5361 K3/100 #0192 - Original Message - From: "Dave G4AON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:31 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes Julian Mine doesn't behave like that, it works as expected and toggles the TX on /o

[Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread Dave G4AON
Julian Mine doesn't behave like that, it works as expected and toggles the TX on /off (MCU firmware 1.78). However for your desk mic, wouldn't a foot switch be more use? 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 -- Having just loaded the latest firmware I find that pressing XMIT in SSB pu

[Elecraft]K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread Bryan
The Heil desk mike has always been that way. Pushing XMIT toggles TX on and off on my K3 s/n 181, always has 73 Bryan GM3AKF ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Add

[Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread G4ILO
I decided to treat myself to a Heil desk mic to go with my K3 (incidentally, the audio now sounds absolutely superb since the recent firmware update, and I have changed all the TX equalization back to flat. I could never get audio that I liked the sound of previously.) One disadvantage of the Hei