[ct-user] Voice Keyer Hints & Kinks

[Ric Plummer]

n5nj@att.net wrote:

> I have used the DVP extensively and have found that it's
> the least susceptible to RF problems out of any of the
> external devices.  It's intimate connection to the
> computer makes control very smooth.
>
> In using a Nel-Tech DVK, I have found that configuring
> the DVK as though it will always be used with a Heil
> Proset, allows you to connect it to any radio that is
> set up for the Heil.  In othere words, use a 1/8" mini
> phone jack for the audio in and a 1/4" phone jack for
> the PTT input and configure the output with the
> corresponding 1/8" mini-phone plug for audio and 1/4"
> plug for PTT.
>
> Just disconnect the Proset from the Heil adapter and
> plug in the DVK's outputs !  Plug the Proset and your
> PTT line into the DVK input and you're ready to go !
>
> The newer MFJ units have been used at V26B recently with
> good results.  Apparently, there is a problem with
> certain configurations where you must be sure that the
> audio and ptt grounds are not connected together.
>

[Just a note on the seperate grounds. I know for sure that the FT-1000D
will hum if you mix grounds
between aduio and PTT. ALSO, at least the versions I had of the Heil
AD1-Y were NOT correctly wired, they had the two grounds tied in the
adapter. I had to rewire them. Ric KV1W ]



> 73,
> Bob
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