hand/footswitch keying for KX2

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Greetings to the Elecraft brain trust.  I am in the process of putting a couple of Island expedition kits together.  The KX2 fits the bill in the TOTAL portability grab and go kit department. I have a question for the brain trust while I try and pull an entire parts inventory for my mini kit.

What is the preferred method for hooking up a foot switch or small hand switch to the little guy?  I am trying to remember what I did with the KX3, I think there was an amp cable that I was able to key via an RCA plug.  Is it the same deal with this?  is there another way of doing it?  Want to be able to use a headset/boom mic, sometimes Caribbean beaches can get a bit noise with chatter and such..

Just curious what the solutions are out there.. and I am sure there is probably more than one.

Chris
N6WM

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[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Perfect thats exactly what I was looking for.

~Chris
N6WM
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From: Walter Underwood [[hidden email]]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 10:41 AM
To: Chris Tate - N6WM; [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] hand/footswitch keying for KX2

A simple stereo to mono splitter on the mic connector will split out the mic and PTT. It also give you a cleaner source for the mic bias.

Details here: https://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/08/16/yamaha-cm500-headset-with-ptt-on-elecraft-kx3/

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

On Dec 15, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Chris Tate - N6WM <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:

Greetings to the Elecraft brain trust.  I am in the process of putting a couple of Island expedition kits together.  The KX2 fits the bill in the TOTAL portability grab and go kit department. I have a question for the brain trust while I try and pull an entire parts inventory for my mini kit.

What is the preferred method for hooking up a foot switch or small hand switch to the little guy?  I am trying to remember what I did with the KX3, I think there was an amp cable that I was able to key via an RCA plug.  Is it the same deal with this?  is there another way of doing it?  Want to be able to use a headset/boom mic, sometimes Caribbean beaches can get a bit noise with chatter and such..

Just curious what the solutions are out there.. and I am sure there is probably more than one.

Chris
N6WM

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