Thank you!!! I was starting to get worried that the K3 could not generate CW... :) -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 15:35 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote: > On 4/12/2014 1:07 PM, David Cole wrote: > > > Could you expand a bit on the choppy CW thing? I am a new K3 person, > > and I just bought my K3. All this talk about choppy CW makes me a bit > > apprehensive. If I use a normal Vibroplex iambic paddle, and send well > > am I going to have a problem, or is this something about using the KBD > > option? > > Short answer: No and you can stop being apprehensive about it. :-) > > You will plug in your paddle [and/or external keyer and/or computer], > and you will be sending clickless CW with full-QSK. Had the subject not > come up [again] on this email list, the odds that you'd ever encounter > and notice its effects are vanishingly small unless you are a 60+ WPM > full QSK operator. I operate in a lot of CW contests with N1MM driving > a WinKeyUSB at between 30 and 35 WPM, KPA500, full QSK, QRQ option off. > No one has ever given me a QSD. When I've specifically asked friends > [good CW ops] to evaluate my keying, they tell me it's great. My "fist" > is another matter of course. :-) > > It's another example of how you have to filter a list like this one. > The variety of K3 owners is vast, and some push the limits in various > ways and at those limits, they start seeing things the vast majority of > us never do or ever will. They tend to discuss them here, which is > fine. Those using the K3 as the IF for transverters up to the microwave > ranges are very concerned about frequency stability, and often discuss > it on this list too. Your K3 will be rock-solid for you on HF, no need > for apprehension over that either. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 > - www.cqp.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
