I too have never been able to get the CW decoder to work well. It only works if signals are super strong - precisely when I don’t need it.
Anybody have any suggestions? John WA1EAZ > On Nov 26, 2017, at 9:28 PM, K9MA <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps my K3 has a problem, but I've never been able to get the CW decoder > to work very well. (Nor the digital modes.) Fortunately, I've been copying > CW the old-fashioned way for some 50 years, and the K3 otherwise works just > fine. > > 73, > Scott K9MA > > > On 11/26/2017 19:32, Bill Frantz wrote: >> In previous years, I used the K3's decoder and it worked very well. But, for >> this contest, I bit the bullet and said, "I'm going to decode the calls >> myself to improve my CW." I had a lot of fun doing so, although I had to >> skip several stations that were sending above 30 WPM. >> >> A small suggestion to those who know CW. If you are calling CQ and getting >> no answers, like late in the contest, consider slowing down so the CW >> impaired, like me, have a chance of making the contact. It may improve your >> score. >> >> 73 Bill AE6JV >> >> On 11/26/17 at 4:09 PM, [email protected] (German Duran) wrote: >> >>> Wonderful. I was doing the CQ WW CW contest and a lot of the contest I >>> worked with a software to help decode the stations. In the last hours of >>> the contest I decided to configure the decoder of my Elecraft K3s and >>> started to decode the stations better than with any of the software that is >>> in the market for this job. Congratulations to Elecraft for this marvel. >>> Germán HK3J >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Bill Frantz | When it comes to the world | Periwinkle >> (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice | 16345 Englewood Ave >> www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa Randall | Los Gatos, CA 95032 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] > > > -- > Scott K9MA > > [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]
