{"id":34036,"date":"2012-09-21T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=34036"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:25:06","slug":"katsumi-ek-160-electronic-keyer-paddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/new-equipment\/katsumi-ek-160-electronic-keyer-paddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsumi EK-160 Electronic Keyer \/ Paddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EK160 Electronic Keyer \/ Paddle is a commercial grade electronic keyer with a precision dual paddle built in.<\/p>\n<p>Terminals are provided for connecting a paddle and\/or bug or straight key (to use the keyer as an oscillator and to buffer the keying of a transmitter via the relay). The keyer itself will function in &#8220;bug&#8221; (semi-automatic) mode at the flip of the front panel switch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ek160a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34037 size-full\" title=\"ek160a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ek160a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ek160a.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ek160a-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ek160a-768x631.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speed setting is done via a front-panel control which is calibrated in characters per minute (5cpm = 1wpm, approximately ).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The adjustable paddles are switch-reversable for left-handed operators, and the contact spacing is easily adjusted on the front panel. Iambic keying features full dot and dash memories. The weighting (&#8220;code ratio&#8221; can be adjusted from 1:3 to about 1:4. There&#8217;s a built in monitor with volume control on the front panel and pitch control on the back, and a jack for headphones or external speaker (8 Ohms, 300mW).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Built-in high-speed reed relay supports negative-keyed rigs with up to 280VDC and 2A on the key line, or use JFET keying for transistor-keyed +V rigs and save wear and tear on the relay..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specifications:KA-EK160<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speed range: 6-50wp,<br \/>\nKeying circuit: reed relay or JFET<br \/>\nPower Source: 110VAC o r 220VAC<br \/>\nSize\/Weight: 9x4x2.5in, 2 Lbs, 12 Oz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EK160 Electronic Keyer \/ Paddle is a commercial grade electronic keyer with a precision dual paddle built in. Terminals are provided for connecting a paddle and\/or bug or straight key (to use the keyer as an oscillator and to buffer the keying of a transmitter via the relay). The keyer itself will function in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[112,257,258,304],"class_list":["post-34036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-equipment","tag-cw","tag-key","tag-keyer","tag-new-equipment-2","category-8","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}