Hi Pete I had this problem as well - it is a "feature". It occurs if the rising edge of the keying waveform happens at the same time as the PTT line. The ONLY way around this is to delay the keying waveform slightly so it occurs after the PTT. If you are using a WinKey, then set the "lead-in" delay. There is also a feature in N1MM to achieve the same result. 73 Roger - G4BVY
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of N4ZR Sent: 23 April 2019 22:19 To: Elecraft List <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500 Running into what I'm sure is a simple matter of menu settings, but... My K3 is set for PTT with a "normal" TX delay of 008 (I presume 8 ms.), driving a KPA-1500. I am getting persistent reports of clipping one dash worth at the beginning of each transmission, so my casll becomes "E4ZR", for example. I've been through both manuals, and aside from setting a higher TX Delay, I don't know what I can do to clean this up. so what am I missing? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. ______________________________________________________________ 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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
