[TenTec] Corsair II & Titan connections

[Ken Brown]

Hi all,

If your Corsair II has the TX EN and TX OUT jacks like Paragons and 
Omnis do, then the QSK keying loop, connected to a Titan amplifier, will 
work equally well using an external keyer connected to the transceiver's 
KEY jack or the internal keyer. And for SSB PTT or VOX operation it will 
also work without any other keying or relay interconnections to the 
Titan. If you want both an external keyer and a straight key you can 
connect one to the KEY jack and the other to the PTT jack, both will 
work, and you can also use the internal keyer too if you like (set to a 
different speed perhaps).

The only time you need to connect a straight key or a keyer directly to 
the amplifier KEY IN of a Ten-Tec amplifier for QSK operation instead of 
to the transceiver KEY jack is when you are using a transceiver (older 
Ten-Tec or other brand without QSK loop) that does not have the TX EN 
and TX OUT jacks. When you have an external keyer you can connect it to 
the amplifier KEY IN, and have the KEY OUT of the amplifier connected to 
the KEY jack of the radio to have QSK operation. Using an internal keyer 
is what you cannot do with one of these non QSK loop equipped rigs and 
have full QSK opeartion with the Titan.

DE N6KB
> Hi Jerry,
>
> I use an external keyer so I can't do that. The key in you'r thinking 
> of is where I need to put the key. If I hook it up the way you're 
> thinking it would work fine but I'd need to use the internal tentec 
> keyer to do that.
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>  
>   
>>> On 9 Dec 2008 at 19:24, Tim Heasman wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tim, 
>>>
>>> I'll do that. Any suggestion as to SSB connections? 
>>>
>>> Thnks, 
>>>
>>> Gary 
>>> KA1J 
>>>       
>> Nah, that's wrong. Key the Corsair. Take out the jumper on the back that
>> connects Key Out to Key In. Hook Key out on the Corsair to Key in on the
>> amp and Key Out on the amp to Key In on the Corsair. Works for all modes
>> then and waits to key the Corsair until the PA is ready for RF.
>>
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>>
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