<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM, HB9CAT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hb9cat@thezollingers.org">hb9cat@thezollingers.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="IT" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">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 ?</p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="IT" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">I guess the only alternative is to get that through an additional COM port…</p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A number of commercial products are also available. How are you connecting your sound card output to your radio?</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For other rigs, you can send PTT via software command and a LUA script.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are using an external DVK such as a microHAM box, there are even more ways to generate PTT.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div></div>