[WT-support] Feature request: WinKey PTT should remain ON for the entire CW message

[Kenji Koishi]

Hello,

I would like to suggest an improvement to Win-Test's WinKey PTT handling.

I am using a K1EL WKmini Rev B with Win-Test. I have confirmed the following behavior:

Win-Test:
WinKey PTT Lead = 100 ms
WinKey PTT Tail = 10 ms

When an F-key CW message containing spaces is sent, PTT can drop during the spaces inside the message 
and then turn on again for the next part of the message.

Increasing PTT Tail to around 100 ms prevents this, but this is only a workaround because it also 
unnecessarily delays PTT release after the complete message.

WK3demo 4.2 behaves differently with the same WKmini.
With WK3demo, PTT remains continuously ON throughout the complete CW message, including 
character/word spaces, and is released only after the message has finished.

I found the previous WT-support discussion "K1EL WinKey switches PTT during CQ" from November 2024, 
where DL8NAS reported essentially the same behavior.

Would it be possible for Win-Test to keep WinKey PTT asserted for the entire F-key CW message, rather 
than allowing the PTT Tail timer to expire during spaces within the message?

Ideally the sequence would be:

PTT ON → PTT Lead → complete F-key CW message → PTT Tail → PTT OFF

In other words, PTT Tail should start only after the end of the complete Win-Test CW message, not during 
spaces inside that message.

This would allow a short PTT Tail (for example 10?20 ms) while still keeping PTT continuously asserted 
throughout the complete message.

This is especially useful when PTT is used for external PA/LNA sequencing.

73,
JH3AIU Ken Koishi

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Kenji Koishi
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