Ok - just when you thought this thread was dead.
Using WL as my voice keyer... and as of last
night i thought all was good. I changed the
circuit to be 1k ohm into a 2n2222. When WL
plays the ssb message, the rig trips into TX
and back to RX after the message is done. Ok.
Now today i tested it with the amp on. Oops.
The amp goes into TX mode as soon as i turn
it on -- and only goes off when i remove the
PTT cord that i built for WriteLog (RTS from
cw/serial port).
I measure ~1450 ohms resistance when the PTT
is *NOT* tripped -- its not enough to keep
the ic706 in TX mode, but is that enough to
trip the amp into TX? Maybe so. I will try
to substitute a 2.2k ohm resistor for that
1k resistor and see if it helps. I did have
a 4.7k resistor before -- but then i couldn't
even get the rig to TX via this ptt line.
any suggestions from those WL users who've
gone through this before appreciated!
tnx
/steve n9oh
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