Hi Bert, Congrats on the K3s/P3 and getting into CW. It's a great way to communicate and have fun!
You are going to receive many different answers, and all of them will probably be correct. As it's a personal preference as to how one likes their rig set up for CW reception. Some 40+ years ago, I loved my sidetone set at 650Hz, but now 420Hz is the ideal sweet sound to my ears. Yours will differ, experiment. In my K3s, I have in both the main and sub receiver, filtering of 2.8, 2.1, 1.0, 400, & 250. Lots of folks will say I wasted money on the filters, as some of them are very close in response, but again, my preference. When I am on the radio in the CWT's, I have my filtering set for 400Hz, and then use my "wet" filter (ears & brain) to filter beyond that. I will drop down to 250Hz if someone gets a little close to me. When I am in S & P mode, I might get down to 100Hz filtering to help zero in on a station, especially if it's weak, again my preference. I keep saying "my preference" because today, that's the way I like it, next year, good Lord willing, it might be something different. The best advice I can offer is to experiment with the radio and see what works best for you. That can change on a day-to-day basis depending on conditions. So, you have to be dynamic on your settings and never believe it's set in stone. A good read is Fred Cady's - KE7X, now a SK, book on the K3/K3s radio and how to use it. It has many good pointers and lots of valuable information. I believe PDF formats are still available on LuLu publishing. I hope that helps a little. 73 de Jim - KE8G On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 5:25 PM MaverickNH <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies, as I'm sure this has been addressed before. I'm new to CW, just > finishing CWOPS Beginner, and am looking to set up my K3S/P3 for best use > on > CW. Might there be a guide that I can start with? My K3S has filters down > to > 500Hz. Thanks for the help! > > Bret/N4SRN > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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]
