Hey Jim, I'm a contester... so go much above 45 and the rate starts to drop... but when I have a serious pile, I go from 38 to 40 or 42. So having a good sounding K3 is important. I used to be a QRQ rag chewer in my younger days -- wish I had a rig as nice as a K3 back then; 60 to 70 was my enjoyable range. I had an Al Helfrick CMOS CW Keyboard.
I popped the front end my personal K3 attempting to do an in-band mult (400' sep of antennas, but it did not matter) ; so it's off the Elecraft to get fixed, and to get the synth!! >From the start of this thread: I was using my friend, Cary, VE4EA's K3, which does not have the new synth. I was remote, but using N1MM and the KUSB. We will get his set up properly as well. 73, Gerry W1VE / VE1RM On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Jim Sheldon <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yes, > The synthesizer upgrade isn't cheap, especially if you have two receivers > (you have to upgrade the synth for each receiver, as one new one can't > coexist with one old one, but from experience, I've found the keying sounds > much cleaner with the new synthesizer, even at slower speeds and it > actually helped clean up the dits on my bugs. The bugs sounded so much > different (better) with the new synthesizers, I had to totally readjust > them. > > If you are a really serious QRQ or even medium QRQ (40-50 wpm) the > synthesizer upgrade IMO is a must do. Unless you are really screaming > along at 70+, you may even forget that QRQ mode ever existed in the K3 and > as previously stated, you won't have to lose your QRQ operation to run > split or use the RIT at around 50 and below. (Split and RIT automatically > turn QRQ mode off, at least in an unmodified K3.) > > Jim - W0EB > > > "Clipped dits" is a good description. Upgrading the synth(s) will fix >> this, even with QRQ mode turned off. In fact it's so good, that I don't >> even use QRQ mode anymore so there is no change when RIT/XIT or Split >> modes are engaged. You'll also find that the K3 now accurately follows an >> external keyer, whereas before the 'clipping' was evident at higher >> speeds. >> >> 73, Dale WA8SRA >> >> > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
