Thanks for following my suggestion, Harry.
Phil W7OX
On 12/10/14 7:02 AM, Harry White wrote:
Phil,
The Kenwood TS-990S offers "Straight Key", "Paddle", or "Paddle (Bug Key
Mode)". In addition it offers Iambic mode A and Iambic mode B when using the
electronic keyer.
73,
Harry K1RSA
-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil
Wheeler
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bug mode on K3?
Ian,
The K14 and its kin are devices specializing in being keyers; and that's all
they were intended to do. Expecting the K3 to have the keying capabilities
of one of the specialized K1EL products seems a bit much.
A better 'industry-wide benchmark' might be to compare the K3 with other
high-end ham transceivers with regard to the keying modes they provide.
Phil W7OX
On 12/10/14 12:44 AM, Ian White wrote:
Ed - KL7UW wrote:
The K14 offers six keying modes:
1- Iambic-A
2- Iambic-B
3- Ultimatic
4- straight key
5- Dit priority
6- Dash priority
And others have also identified:
7- Mechanical bug
8- CMOS Superkeyer (Logikeyer)
That list would be a reasonable 'industry-wide benchmark' for the
keying/timing modes that a premium CW transceiver like the K3 should
offer as built-in options.
Each one of those keying modes has a significant real-world following.
Translation: there are significant numbers of K3 users who NEED that
specific timing mode in order to operate close to their personal top
speed.
What K3 users *don't* need is to be told to use an external keyer, an
adapter or some other workaround. We already know the workarounds
because - even after 7 years - the K3 still needs them.
73 from Ian GM3SEK
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