Yep, I was finding merit in this choice of action. Allowing the adjustment of rise/fall timings into key click territory should be discouraged.
Matt Zilmer Consultant - Product Management Dept. Magellan Navigation / MiTAC Digital Corp. Tel: (909) 394-6052 Cell: (909) 730-6552 In status quo voluntas non sufficit -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W4ZV Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:21 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Phase Noise / CW Key Clicks Matt Zilmer wrote > > Phase noise and key clicks are the enemy. I respectfully suggest that > Wayne emphasize (as well) that designing a transceiver to > intentionally not produce either of these is a worthy objective more > on a moral plane than an operating advantage. Tactically, having > clicks and wideband noise could be put to advantage against other FD > groups. > Regarding your last sentence, to my knowledge, Elecraft is the ONLY manufacturer who does not allow adjustment of CW Rise/Fall time (Ten-Tec, Yaesu and possibly others do). Adjusting this time to less than ~5ms can cause clicks which, as you said above, can be useful in contests to keep others away from your run frequency. Kudos to Wayne for not allowing the user to adjust this parameter and therefore keeping our K3s cleaner than other rigs. 73, Bill W4ZV -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Phase-Noise-CW-Key-Clicks-tp7562575p7562615.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
