On Sep 4, 2012, at 11:46 AM, "David Cutter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's all about wetting current.... David, I never knew this term but it looks to me I'm seeing it's effects. I moved the key back to the CW Machine and it's totally clean. I sent a large string of 73s as well as my call sign at speeds from 16 to 25 and was totally clean, not the occasionally 7V or KAJ.. I get on the K3. For another test I moved the Begali to my K2...it too runs completely clean. Just to rule out an intermittent K3 issue I re-ran the tests with Begali and Hex keys using the same strings of 73s. Again Hex totally clean and Begali stutters on dashes. Sometimes holding the dash sets for a few seconds before starting the string. All this is after a light cleaning with a strip of dry copy paper as suggested. The paper strip showed a mark but no color. I'm waiting on Begali's advice. One interesting question for Elecraft is what current flows on K3 vs K3? Has this 'wetting current' issue been seen before ? And I just thought I'd missed a K3 config option.. Sorry for all the noise on this. Thanks for all the ideas. 73, Don KA1KU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
