Hi Gary, Yes, and it's curious that there are clearly better decoders out there. I built an Open QRP rig last year and the decoder was phenomenal...much better than the KX3, so assuming this is a software issue, is this something that the Elecraft engineers are looking at?
73, Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roberts-W1SFR Sudbury, VT http://www.kx3helper.com Fists, CW OPS, QRP ARCI, SKCC, NEQRP, NAQCC, FP, ARRL, Green Mountain Wireless Society (802)779-7489 (cell) On Apr 20, 2014, at 9:11 PM, Gary NL7Y wrote: > Not sure if it's comparable to the KX3, but I find the current K3's decode to > be relatively worthless compared with the original version I owned years > ago. Something has changed and somewhere I read it was given it's own AGC or > whatever for an improvement. > > I can send and receive CW to my satisfaction, so for me it's just something > I use as a background visual source for my P3/SVGA/monitor while I'm doing > something else. > > If I want to really decode some contest 30-40 CW I use the small portable > audio-fed Microcraft Multi-mode gizmo I bought years ago. Works perfectly > while the K3 fumbles with the same source. Only the loudest and clearest > gets unscrambled. > > 73, Gary NL7Y > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Text-Decode-Issues-tp7587553p7587573.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:[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]

