-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Dumb user mistake - slow transition between Tx and Rx Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:35:36 -0500 From: Ken K3IU <kenk...@cox.net> To: Dick Dievendorff <die...@comcast.net> References: <200911090302.na9325hw086...@www6.cruzio.com> <002201ca60ee$5aeb6660$10c233...@net>
I had that problem, also, on several occasions. I attributed it to switching problems in my brain, but I WILL check the CW macros for ending spaces. Thanks, Dick! 73, Ken K3IU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dick Dievendorff wrote: > I noticed that I was sometimes losing the first character when people > responded to my CQ messages. The receiver seemed slow to come back to full > sensitivity after transmit. > > I thought about this for a while, then I went to my recorded CW messages and > removed the trailing blank I sometimes insert because I have in the past > wanted to chain messages. The trailing blank caused N1MM/Winkey to hold > down the PTT for that extra character time. When I removed the trailing > blanks from my recorded CW messages the return-to-receive was a lot > snappier... > > Dick, K6KR > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html