Dave, Let me add my two-bits too --- I am about 98 percent CW but NOT QRQ. I am 18 to 25 wpm depending but during contests I will play around with others at 30 wpm or more. I have never had any problems with clicks or anything else. I am often in a QSO with a friend or two who would not be shy about telling me if my CW keying was clicky, chirpy, or whatever.
73, phil, K7PEH On Apr 12, 2014, at 4:49 PM, David Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
