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Steve-KI4EZL

practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
transmit. Please remind me how to do this.

Thank you and 73,

Steve - KI4EZL

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rich hurd WC3T

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

Can you turn power to 0 watts the way you can on the KX3? That's how I
do it.

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Steve-KI4EZL <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
> wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
> with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
> this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
> transmit. Please remind me how to do this.
>
> Thank you and 73,
>
> Steve - KI4EZL
>
>
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Cady, Fred-2

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

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Hi,

You can set VOX MD to off so you are in PTT mode to transmit or you can just set the output power to 0.0.

The other neat thing you can do is Hold TEXT to enter the text decode dialog. Then select TX ONLY to be able to have the K2 check the characters.

Cheers,

Fred KE7X

www.ke7x.com<http://www.ke7x.com> for all KE7X Elecraft books.

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Subject: [Elecraft] practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
transmit. Please remind me how to do this.

Thank you and 73,

Steve - KI4EZL

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Don Wilhelm

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

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Steve,

There is the TEST MODE.
Set the K2 to CW mode and hold VOX to turn it ON/OFF. See page 100 in
the K2 manual.

The other way is to connect a dummy load and turn the power all the way
down.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/25/2017 2:44 PM, Steve-KI4EZL wrote:
> I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
> wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
> with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
> this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
> transmit. Please remind me how to do this.
>
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pa0pje

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

In reply to this post by rich hurd WC3T

With the K2 powerknob fully CCW it still produces some 100 mW output as
it shows on the display... I made several QSO's with that setting.

The TEST option Don W3FPR suggested is imho the best solution.

72,
Peter

Op 2017-09-25 om 20:52 schreef rich hurd WC3T:

> Can you turn power to 0 watts the way you can on the KX3? That's how I
> do it.
>
>
> ---
> 72,
> Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737
> PA Army MARS, Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer
> for Scouting
> Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid:
> *FN20is*
>

Cameron Francey

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

Another good use for the press and hold of the Mode/VOX button each time I turn my K2 on is it prevents accidental transmission if I bump the key by mistake. (CW only OP so no Mic to deal with so I don't know off hand what effect that has on a mic PTT, but I'm sure a quick look of the manual will answer that) Its a bit like locking your cellphone to prevent accidental number dialing.

It also makes a brilliant code practice keyer in this mode and its easy to remember its set as the C for CW mode flashes, I have one of the programmable function keys set to the key input menu item too, that way its really easy to switch from hand key to paddle. I've not got round to doing the diodes on the lines yet to do that autonomously, a job for the next wet Oregon day.

I've tried a number of different radios over time, and after building my K2/100 with options and a KAT100 and also my K2/10 loaded with options these are the radios for me and it's all I use and need now. Love them.

Regards,

Cameron - AF7DK/GM7LQR

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

With the K2 powerknob fully CCW it still produces some 100 mW output as
it shows on the display... I made several QSO's with that setting.

The TEST option Don W3FPR suggested is imho the best solution.

72,
Peter

Op 2017-09-25 om 20:52 schreef rich hurd WC3T:

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pa0pje

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

I glued a 6.3 mm jack to the base of my Ham-Key paddle and a common
cathode double Schottky diode, that can be found in nearly any old PC
power supply, to create a straight-key input and while glueing I made a
small DPDT switch to reverse the paddles for left hand operation...
I know that can be set from the menu but the switch is much easier.

73,
Peter

Op 2017-09-26 16:49 schreef Cameron Francey:
> I've not got round to doing the diodes on the lines yet to do that autonomously, a job for the next wet Oregon day.
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

There's two things I often find missing in many ham stations: (a) a good
dummy load, (b) an accurate external SWR/Power meter. A good DVM is
also handy to have as well.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 9/26/2017 6:27 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Whenever I'm doing anything with a powered-up rig and don't want to
> transmit, I have a dummy load on the antenna port. That way the worst that
> can happen is that I waste a little energy warming the dummy load.
>
> You are my kind of Ham, Peter. I'm not bothered by choosing between a dozen
> switches but sorting through half a dozen menu items to change one gives me
> a headache. I remember a name the same way - write it down so I can remember
> it in print. But if I let it float around in my gray matter "aether" it's
> 'pfffft!' - gone in minutes.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
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>
> I glued a 6.3 mm jack to the base of my Ham-Key paddle and a common cathode
> double Schottky diode, that can be found in nearly any old PC power supply,
> to create a straight-key input and while glueing I made a small DPDT switch
> to reverse the paddles for left hand operation...
> I know that can be set from the menu but the switch is much easier.
>
> 73,
> Peter
>
>
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Nr4c

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

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Use a good dummy load and set power to zero watts. Works with KX3, KX2 should be similar.

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...nr4c. bill

> On Sep 25, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Steve-KI4EZL <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
> wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
> with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
> this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
> transmit. Please remind me how to do this.
>
> Thank you and 73,
>
> Steve - KI4EZL
>
>
>
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Nr4c

Re: practicing CW on K2 without transmitting?

Oooops my bad! I misread this post and assumed it was for KX2. But I think my solution will work with just about any radio.

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...nr4c. bill

> On Sep 27, 2017, at 11:33 PM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Use a good dummy load and set power to zero watts. Works with KX3, KX2 should be similar.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
>> On Sep 25, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Steve-KI4EZL <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I don't use my K2 much and have forgotten some of the functions. My wife
>> wants to practice sending CW (CW Ops class), and I wanted to setup the K2
>> with a good key for her to use. The trouble is, my forgetfulness has won
>> this battle and I cannot remember what to do on the K2 so that it will not
>> transmit. Please remind me how to do this.
>>
>> Thank you and 73,
>>
>> Steve - KI4EZL
>>
>>
>>
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