Posted by
Don Wilhelm-4 on
Aug 09, 2012; 11:31pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-Pets-in-the-Shack-tp7560688p7560714.html
TX TEST works great for the K3, but there is no equal on the K2. I
would suggest for the K2, tap the mode button to put it into SSB of RTTY
mode - especially if you use PTT and not VOX. If the dot paddle is
closed, yes, it will go into transmit, but there will be no audio to
produce a signal unless the cat purrs into the microphone.
For the KX3, there is mo TX TEST, so there too, I recommend setting the
mode to SSB.
Actually, the best prevention is to arrange your station antenna
switching to connect a dummy load - then when you leave the operating
position, just switch the "antenna" to the dummy load position and be
done with it - no worries.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 8/9/2012 7:11 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Excellent suggestion, Dick.
>
> Such events, along with a person setting something of the operating desk
> that bumps the paddles, is one of the major causes of "ditters". Not only
> are they annoying, a Ham in the USA is committing a serious Federal offense
> by allowing transmissions not under his/her personal control.
>
> (As an O.T. myself, one of the few old things I enjoy breaking are old
> habits, Hi)
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm operating...and
> often come into the shack when I'm not there.
> Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my operating
> position.
>
> Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage "Tx
> TEST" to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try out
> their fists on your keys.
>
> Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways when
> I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National
> NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups.
>
> --
> 73 de Dick, ka1oz
>
> Elecraft K3/100(K) #859
> G5RV Doublet
> Titan-DX Vertical
>
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