Typo correction (amp relay) not amp delay! >2 things: > I see that the K3 can delay RF generation before keying the amp relay but > what about, upon key up, delaying amp relay until RF ceases? How is this > accomplished. Is it included? > 2. The K3's keyer is excellent but it's a ratio adjustment, not weight as > indicated. The dit length or heaviness is non adjustable. This is like > most > JA rigs and is really strange. Why would anyone want long dahs like a bug? > A > real weight control shortens both dits and dahs equally and makes overall > keying sound more choppy or heavier. Although the K3's weight is about > right, some of us would prefer lighter weight for high speed and heavy > weight for bad conditions. This goes way back to the early days of Morse. > Steve Ellington > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vic K2VCO" <[email protected]> > To: "David Windisch" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Help with K3, TenTec TITAN amp, and QSK > > >> David Windisch wrote: >>> Hi, all concerned: >>> >>> Please make comments about the situation here before I siubar: >>> >>> My TITAN amplifier has a QSK keying loop, which I now use with an >>> external keyer and >>> FT-1000D. >>> >>> I've RTM ver. D2, searched the Nabble K3 reflector, and see nothing >>> about >>> such a setup >>> for use with the K3. >> >> You do not need the QSK loop with the K3, which has an adjustable delay >> of >> 8 - 20 (I >> think) ms. between the amp key signal and the generation of RF. You can >> attach the K3's >> key out to the Titan's key in, and connect the external keyer to the K2's >> key in. >> >> I use a Logikey K3 and set the K parameter (I've been using K=3 or K=4) >> to >> lengthen the >> elements to compensate when using the K3 in QSK mode. >> >> The K3's internal keyer does have a weight control which varies the >> dot:space ratio. This >> is not the same as the Logikey's K parameter, because the K lengthens the >> elements by a >> constant amount regardless of speed (the Logikey also has a weight >> adjustment if you wish). >> >> I understand a 'ratio' control as dot:dash ratio. This should, in my >> opinion, always be >> exactly 3:1 and I am surprised to hear that any modern keyer still has >> such a control! >> Maybe you mean dot:space ratio, which I have always called a 'weight >> control'. >> >> In any event, the internal keyer is not bad and can be set for either >> iambic mode A or B. >> I like the Logikey a bit better because the timing seems less critical to >> me. >> >> -- >> 73, >> Vic, K2VCO >> Fresno CA >> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
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