K3 keying the KPA-500 & transverter

[dj7mgq]

Hi,

I plan on using my K3 with the KPA-500 and my Kuhne 144 MHz transverter.

I would like to use the ACC (pin 10) Key-Out for the KPA-500 and the  
RCA/Phono Key-Out jack for the transverter. This, I assume, should not  
cause any problems.

It would be a nice (sometime in the future) feature if it was possible  
to activate/deactivate operation of the two Key-Out signals depending  
upon which band one is currently operating on. In my case, the ACC  
Key-Out would be active from 160m to 6m and on 2m the RCA/Phone Key-Out.

Or am I overlooking something?

vy 73 de toby, DD5FZ

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[Oliver Dröse]

Hi Toby,

if my memory serves me right (digged into the schematics about 7-8 month' ago
when I had a problem with one of the key-out jacks) this will never work as both
key-out pins share the same circuitry. It's just different "final" switching
transistors (and thus different loads possible) that distinguish both.

A solution around this could be the band specific PTT solution of WW2R/G4FRE
(http://g4fre.com/K3_PTT_sw.htm) or something similar. The key is to use DIGOUT0
or DIGOUT1 to control external switching. It can be configured per band.

73 & gl, Olli - DH8BQA



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> Hi,
>
> I plan on using my K3 with the KPA-500 and my Kuhne 144 MHz transverter.
>
> I would like to use the ACC (pin 10) Key-Out for the KPA-500 and the
> RCA/Phono Key-Out jack for the transverter. This, I assume, should not
> cause any problems.
>
> It would be a nice (sometime in the future) feature if it was possible
> to activate/deactivate operation of the two Key-Out signals depending
> upon which band one is currently operating on. In my case, the ACC
> Key-Out would be active from 160m to 6m and on 2m the RCA/Phone Key-Out.
>
> Or am I overlooking something?
>
> vy 73 de toby, DD5FZ
>
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