Hello All; I'm a new guy in here. I just got my K3 a few weeks ago and I've been having a blast. My main interest in the hobby has been operating the soundcard digital modes
I have been enjoying this thread on the WPX contest last weekend. The contest has really sparked an interest in CW for me. Hearing all that code really knocked the rust off what little code I needed to get my general license in 2004. The code being sent was generally too fast for me to copy more than a character here and there but by Sunday 20 wpm seemed slow. I did make a dozen or so contacts using MCW in Digital Master 780. First question: should I be using Digital Mode A on the K3 or should I be in CW mode with MCW in DM780 for CW? I was using Digital Mode A and everything *seemed* OK. I'll only send in a check log, if anything, because I didn't really read the code unassisted. Second, whenever I use Digital Mode A, I generally monitor the audio sent in my headphones. I hear soft clicks or pops infrequently during the transmission. Usually at least once per transmission. Very similar to the soft pop I hear when the radio goes back into receive after transmitting a digital signal. The end of my trace in the waterfall shows a line across the waterfall where my PSK trace (or other signal) terminates. Is this click transmitting across the entire bandpass? I would hate to think I am causing QRM. The clicks and pops I hear during the transmission cause no visible line across the waterfall like the termination click. Ron, AC7AC suggested these clicks might be artifacts in the monitoring system and not going out over the air. Does anybody else hear this and do you have any comments/suggestions? I would love to continue to try my hand at CW contests, if only as code practice. For me they have been quite a motivator in getting me back into code. However I don't want to be a nuisance either. Moreover I want to be a good neighbor on the waterfall. TIA 73 de Eric KG6MZS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
