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chas

Begali Intrepid Key

Please can someone tell me how to connect the Begali Intrepid key to the K3.

TIA - Charles
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stan levandowski

Re: Begali Intrepid Key

Interesting question, Charles. I just plugged my INTREPID into my K3's
"KEY" jack and got only dits, no dahs. All of my other bugs work
properly.

All of my bugs - including the INTREPID - work properly when connected
to my external keyer (Begali CW Machine) which I use instead of the K3
keyer.

So I never noticed this before!

Now that I know, I'll have to make time to figure out the wiring because
"it bugs me" ;-)

73, Stan WB2LQF

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM, chas wrote:

> Please can someone tell me how to connect the Begali Intrepid key to
> the K3.
>
> TIA - Charles
> ______________________________________________________________
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Pete Smith N4ZR

Re: Begali Intrepid Key

Try plugging it into the Paddle jack.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/20/2012 8:42 AM, stan levandowski wrote:

> Interesting question, Charles. I just plugged my INTREPID into my K3's
> "KEY" jack and got only dits, no dahs. All of my other bugs work
> properly.
>
> All of my bugs - including the INTREPID - work properly when connected
> to my external keyer (Begali CW Machine) which I use instead of the K3
> keyer.
>
> So I never noticed this before!
>
> Now that I know, I'll have to make time to figure out the wiring because
> "it bugs me" ;-)
>
> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM, chas wrote:
>
>> Please can someone tell me how to connect the Begali Intrepid key to
>> the K3.
>>
>> TIA - Charles
>> ______________________________________________________________
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stan levandowski

Re: Begali Intrepid Key

In reply to this post by chas

Pete, if we do that it acts like a paddle ;) It's got to go into the
"Hand" key jack. I just tried it with my K1 in "hand" mode and got the
same result as with the K3. And again, my other bugs operated just fine
with the K1. There is no problem with the radios. It's the way we've
got the INTREPID wired.

I'm going to unsolder everything today and figure this out. There's
only three wires to play with and I think I know how it works now.
Going down to the workbench now.

73, Stan WB2LQF

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:

> Try plugging it into the Paddle jack.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
> arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
> On 10/20/2012 8:42 AM, stan levandowski wrote:
>> Interesting question, Charles. I just plugged my INTREPID into my
>> K3's
>> "KEY" jack and got only dits, no dahs. All of my other bugs work
>> properly.
>>
>> All of my bugs - including the INTREPID - work properly when
>> connected
>> to my external keyer (Begali CW Machine) which I use instead of the
>> K3
>> keyer.
>>
>> So I never noticed this before!
>>
>> Now that I know, I'll have to make time to figure out the wiring
>> because
>> "it bugs me" ;-)
>>
>> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM, chas wrote:
>>
>>> Please can someone tell me how to connect the Begali Intrepid key to
>>> the K3.
>>>
>>> TIA - Charles
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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chas

Re: Begali Intrepid Key

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On 20/10/2012 13:42, stan levandowski wrote:

> Interesting question, Charles. I just plugged my INTREPID into my K3's
> "KEY" jack and got only dits, no dahs. All of my other bugs work properly.
>
> All of my bugs - including the INTREPID - work properly when connected
> to my external keyer (Begali CW Machine) which I use instead of the K3
> keyer.
>
> So I never noticed this before!
>
> Now that I know, I'll have to make time to figure out the wiring because
> "it bugs me" ;-)
>
> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM, chas wrote:
>
>> Please can someone tell me how to connect the Begali Intrepid key to
>> the K3.
>>
>> TIA - Charles
>> ______________________________________________________________

My thanks to those who replied to my question.
I now have the Begali Intrepid Key working correctly.
The answer to my question is as follows:

"Turn the bug onto its back and you will see 3 screws in the connection
compartment.
2 are holding the side rails in place and 1 is earth. connect the 2 that
are holding
the rails together with a jumper and also connect these to the tip of
your jack plug.
Then connect the 3rd screw to the sheath (ground)of the jack plug.
The 2 rails are held above ground by plastic stand-offs."

Charles

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