Interesting I'll have to see how much difference this makes by trying it this way.... I've got things working pretty good by playing with my slope and threshold settings.
I think that the thing works pretty good for me as a mostly CW op and I've had quite a few other mostly CW ops feel the same way about it. ~Brett On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 10:48 -0700, WILLIS COOKE wrote: > The answer to my problem is to leave the POWER button like it is. I like the > way it works. I am not worried about the transient, I like that if the rig > is battery powered and the battery goes low the rig turns off and stays off > until you turn it back on. I also like the feature that if a connection is > too resistive when you transmit the rig will turn off and stay off until you > turn it back on. The main "feature" of the K3 that I don't like is that the > "HI-FI" enthusiasts have prevailed and it is difficult to copy a CW signal > through the background noise without turning off the AGC and using the RF > Gain manually. It seems that anything that pleases the HI-FI SWL crowd harms > the ability of the K3 to serve the CW and SSB weak signal capabilities. It > seems that everything I find to like about the K3 over my TS-850 there is a > group lobbying to change. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > > --- On Wed, 8/20/08, Eric Scace K3NA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Eric Scace K3NA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] re ON-OFF on K3 > > To: "WILLIS COOKE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Fern Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Elecraft Reflector" > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 6:02 AM > > The need to manually press the power button to turn on the > > radio is a > > problem in remote-controlled stations. If power fails, one > > must visit > > the site to power up the radios. > > > > That said, there are often many transients when power is > > first restored. > > > > An ideal solution would have these attributes: > > -- if the radio was powered up when the +13 Vdc supply > > voltage > > disappeared, then... > > -- when +13 Vdc reappears, wait 3 seconds, and then > > power-up the radio. > > > > 73, > > -- Eric K3NA > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
