[WriteLog] MK1100 keyer design?

Wed Jan 18 17:51:34 EST 2006

My FT-1000MP is reversed by the MK-1000 also. I had to make a "tip/ring 
reversing" adaptor to correct the audio connections.
Dennis-K5YA
Richard L. King wrote:
>I have noticed this strange thing about the MK1100 keyer when using 
>it with just one radio.
>>Normally when I switch to dual mode on my FT1000MP it puts the main 
>VFO in my left ear and the sub VFO in my right ear. This is the same 
>as the VFO readouts on the panel; left for main and right for sub. It 
>works this way if I have my headphones plugged directly into the 
>radio and is as I would expect it to be.
>>But when I am wired through my MK1100 keyer and the headphones 
>connected to the keyer, it works different. The MK1100 seems to 
>reverse the audio and put the main VFO in my right ear and the sub 
>VFO in my left ear. This is backwards to the radio layout and to the 
>way the radio works with the headphones directly connected and can be 
>confusing.
>>I checked my jumpers and the cables seemed wired correctly with tip 
>to tip, ring to ring, and shield to shield. I asked Ron, K5DJ, about 
>this at Dayton and he said he had never heard of anyone having this 
>problem before.
>>It is just me or is it possible that the MK1100 might have some 
>incorrect internal wiring? Has anyone else noticed this?
>>73, Richard - K5NA
>>P.S. SO2R works as it should.
>>k5na at ecpi.com 
>>>_______________________________________________
>WriteLog mailing list
>WriteLog at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
>WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/
>>>>>
-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/233 - Release Date: 1/18/2006