oh my. K1 woes

[Lloyd Lachow-2]

I just set my new-to-me K1 up in the field. I can switch bands, but keying
the rig with my straight key results in a steady key-down that only stops
when I power cycle the rig. The menu is not available.

Any ideas? Everything worked perfectly at home, of course. supply voltage
is 13.2
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[Mike Morrow-3]

> I just set my new-to-me K1 up in the field. I can switch bands,
> but keying.the rig with my straight key results in a steady
> key-down that only stops when I power cycle the rig. The menu
> is not available.

The MENU should be available with your key unplugged.  (If not you have much greater problems.)

Go to the MENU, find INP, change that to HND.

Then try your key again.

Mike / KK5F
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[Lloyd Lachow-2]

yes .  Ray, K2ULR, set me right. What I needed, for using my little
Whiterook cootie, turned out to be a connector that was mono on one end,
and stereo on the other, which I had, in my go-bag.

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 12:44 PM Mike Morrow <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> > I just set my new-to-me K1 up in the field. I can switch bands,
> > but keying.the rig with my straight key results in a steady
> > key-down that only stops when I power cycle the rig. The menu
> > is not available.
>
> The MENU should be available with your key unplugged.  (If not you have
> much greater problems.)
>
> Go to the MENU, find INP, change that to HND.
>
> Then try your key again.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>

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[Don Wilhelm]

Lloyd,

Pull the key plug out, then see if it stops.  If so, check the key and
the plug.  The plug must be stereo and have the key connected only to
the tip and the shell (no connection to the ring).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/8/2019 11:27 AM, LL wrote:
> I just set my new-to-me K1 up in the field. I can switch bands, but keying
> the rig with my straight key results in a steady key-down that only stops
> when I power cycle the rig. The menu is not available.
>
> Any ideas? Everything worked perfectly at home, of course. supply voltage
> is 13.2
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