on Fri, 2008-09-05 at 18:11 +0100, David Cutter wrote: > I would be interested to know why folks use external keyers in preference to > the internal keyer.
I use a logikey K5 keyer reasons 1/ more memories in 3 banks (6 in each bank, 3 banks in total ) 2/ user definable speed range, keying type, weight etc 3/ Macros, ability to edit memories etc. 4/ frees up the 4 memory buttons on the k3 to be user defined shortcuts 5/ serial # facilities for casual contesting lastly I use a logikey CMOS4 in my mobile setup, the keyer 'feel' is identical between both setups For contesting I use a Winkey USB keyer, it generates nicer CW than serial port keying and makes doing hand fills etc easy. for hand keying it's not a patch on the logikey keyers Personally I think that elecraft aought to do a licence deal with the logikey people so that the logikey CMOS4 feature set could be done using the internal keyer. logikey's user interface o nthe CMOS4 requires 4 buttons and a speed pot. I would happily pay extra to have the CMOS 4 feature-set internal to the K3 73 Brendan EI6IZ -- Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. _______________________________________________ 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
