Hi Joe, If you've already narrowed the filter and tuned the signal in properly (with the aid of CWT), the next step is to adjust the threshold of the decoder. Hold the TEXT DEC switch, then use VFO A to adjust the threshold until the CWT icon blink is closely correlated with the incoming CW signal. You can set it to AUTO, too, but it takes several seconds to acquire. I find manually selecting a threshold works best.
Of course if the signal is weak, noisy, or fading in and out, the decoder will have a much harder time. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jun 14, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Joe Reaves wrote: > Hello friends, > I have been trying to get my K3 decoder to work better by trying, > cutting back on the RF gain, using narrow filtering, to limit noise. > tuning back and forth across the signal to find a good copy spot. > Just can't seem to get it to read very well no matter what I try...? > Even strong signals don't seem to read very well... Is there a way to > improver the cw code reader / decoder in the K3 ? > Thanks, Best 73' Joe R. / W7Joe > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
