[K3] Using a K3 with a TT amplifier??

[Gary, W7TEA]

Has anyone connected their K3 to a TT amp for QSK operation without using an external keyer?  If so, how?  Received my Madelyn-gram today!  Hope my K3 arrives early next week!

73, Gary W7TEA

[Joel R. Hallas]

Gary, et al;

I use my K3 with the TT Centaur amp. Based on Elecraft predictions, I hooked
up the K3 KEY OUT to the Centaur KEY IN with the amp and K3, both set for
full QSK.

It worked flawlessly with the default delay setting (I did it before there
was an adjustable delay).

Regards, Joel
Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR

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Has anyone connected their K3 to a TT amp for QSK operation without using an
external keyer?  If so, how?  Received my Madelyn-gram today!  Hope my K3
arrives early next week!

73, Gary W7TEA
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[Jim Brown-10]

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:49:26 -0400, Joel R. Hallas wrote:

>I use my K3 with the TT Centaur amp.

It's also working fine driving my Ten Tec Titan 425, same hookup.
The amp is set to have the radio provide T-R switching. I have my
delay set to 13ms. Picked that time arbitrarily on the basis of
conversations with a neighbor who has studied delay times of amp
keying relays. :)  I can run it full QSK or with any form of semi-
QSK (that is, variable hold-in time for the TR relay).

73,

Jim Brown K9YC



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[Gary, W7TEA]

Joel and Jim--thank you!  

I'll use the internal K3 keyer and connect it to my Centaur that way.

73, Gary W7TEA