Another great advantage of the WinKeyer is that it integrates the paddles nicely with the computer. You have one speed control for the computer and the paddles, and if you don't like what the computer is sending (which happens) just hit the paddles and take over by hand and it'll cancel the programmed message. As a bonus you don't get spurious keying while rebooting the computer. This is an absolute deal breaker for me with RS232 keying.
I wish the K3 had a Winkeyer built in. It is the ONLY external accessory on my desk apart from the K-line, key and headphones. 73, Carl WS7L On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > On 6/27/2013 3:56 PM, Joel Black wrote: > >> Any real reason to spend the $60 or so for the Winkeyer? >> > > Most serious CW contesters use WinKey to take the CW keying load off of > the computer. While serial port keying often works just fine, it's also > common for other programs running on the logging computer to interfere with > serial port keying and make it "choppy." ______________________________________________________________ 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
