[WriteLog] Squirrely keying redux

Jim Reisert AD1C jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jun 24 14:04:50 EDT 2004


--- halken at comcast.net wrote:

> A common keying problem that's sometimes overlooked is trying to key a rig
> with logging software, with the rig's keyer turned ON.  IT MUST Be turned
> off.
> 
> With the rig's keyer on, the rig sees closures on the key-in line as a
> command to start sending dots or dashes.  Depending on the speed setting on
> the rig's keyer, this can throw in an extra dot or dash or two, or whole
> bunches of them.

This is definitely a problem with the FT1000mp, don't know of any other rigs
that do not have separate "key" and "keyer" inputs.

73 - Jim AD1C


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