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RE: [WriteLog] Squirrely keying redux

To: <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, <halken@comcast.net>,<writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Squirrely keying redux
From: "Nick Kail " <m3mlr@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:27:32 +0100
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Icom IC-746 is another it has the Key on the back and a keyer on the front 

Another 5 cents 

Nick 
G3VCP

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: 24 June 2004 19:05
To: halken@comcast.net; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Squirrely keying redux

--- halken@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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