[TenTec] centurion qsk with kenwood 570d

N1EU n1eu@yahoo.com
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:53:28 -0800 (PST)


Why not use a little external keyer?  Seems like the
obvious solution . . .

73,
Barry  N1EU

--- ben <benk8dit@serv.net> wrote:
> 
> i just acquired a ten tec centurion. before i
> connect up or try cw on it, i want to ask the
> correct way to hook up the 570 which has its own
> keyer. the centurion manual  shows how to hook up a
> cw key to the qsk circuit, but not a paddle. the
> internal keyer in the ts570
> seems to work fine using the vox/ptt relay directly,
> the same as keying a mike or using vox. the
> centurion manual also explains how to hook up the
> output of an external keyer to the qsk circuit but
> makes no mention of using a rig with an internal
> keyer. since the 
> ptt/vox plug is used in conjunction with external
> keyers, can i conclude that the qsk board can be
> bypassed if the relay timing 
> in the rig exceeds the centurion timing?
> 
> tnx fer help
> de ben k8dit/7 
> 
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