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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am in fact already using the Second Output option, but that only seems to work for CW.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I may recycle an old LPT port circuitry I have around, I only have 1 COM port and didn’t want to add other ports; the trasnceiver that will be used for the contest I’m planning is still unknown, so I’ll have to feed the PTT through the front MIC plug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A second PC is connected to another TRX through a microham box and works like a charm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your support Bob !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Marco HB9CAT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Da:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> support-bounces@f5mzn.org [mailto:support-bounces@f5mzn.org] <b>Per conto di </b>Bob Wilson, N6TV<br><b>Inviato:</b> venerd́, 22. luglio 2011 23:14<br><b>A:</b> support@win-test.com<br><b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [WT-support] WinKey for PTT in SSB ?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM, HB9CAT <<a href="mailto:hb9cat@thezollingers.org">hb9cat@thezollingers.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m planning to use Win-test in a mixed mode contest, the WinKey setup for CW works fine; still, I need a PTT signal also for SSB, it would be easier to get the PTT asserted by Winkey also for SSB. Any way to configure Win-test to do it ?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't think that is possible. If you are using an original WinKey chip rather than a WinKey2, you can try setting Second Output (Pin 5) to PTT, in WKSETUP, but that may only work for CW mode.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I guess the only alternative is to get that through an additional COM port…<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>COM port or LPT port, if you have one. Many USB-to-Serial converters work fine for COM port PTT keying, assuming you have the interface circuit documented in the Win-Test manual.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A number of commercial products are also available. How are you connecting your sound card output to your radio?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you are using an Elecraft K3, you can send PTT via the K3 COM port's DTR or RTS pin. Just set CONFIG:PTT-KEY in the K3's menu and Win-Test COM port properties.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For other rigs, you can send PTT via software command and a LUA script.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you are using an external DVK such as a microHAM box, there are even more ways to generate PTT.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob, N6TV<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>