On Oct 3, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Blake M. wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Hilding" <dx35@hilding.com>
>
>> I also have a K2 which is a great little rig (RX is hot), and had
>> planned
>> to take it along with a bandpass filter to "monitor" as quasi-SO2R
>> but
>> decided not worth the effort with all the other tasks at hand. My
>> K2 (low
>> power basic version) would not have driven my AL-80B :-)
>
> Also remember that this little jem has the unique "feature" (?) of
> sharing
> the PTT-in with the "dot" key line.... Incorporating this rig into
> the
> standard SO2R setup is quite a challenge.
>
> 73,
> Blake N4GI
I have heard this from others also, and wonder if this really isn't a
deficiency in the SO2R controllers instead. Some rigs appear to use
PTT as a "pre-key" that enables CW/paddle operation. This, of course
is a recent innovation that didn't exist on older rigs (I doubt that
many contesters are using KWM2s and SB102s these days). At the same
time, it also doesn't exist in phone mode, where PTT is used to
actually key the rig. My own SO2R design simply switches the paddle/
key and PTT lines between the two radios and appropriately switches
antenna control at the same time, allowing the controller to work on
phone as well as CW.
With a fairly large probability that I have missed something that the
feature gives you, what is it that I am missing that is so important
with the the CW use of PTT?
-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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