Well I'm not a CW guy but I play one on TV! Nah seriously, I used to own
a 5K that I used on phone and digital but I had some financial issues
and had to sell it to give my family an influx of cash. Now that we are
on our feet again I got a new radio. The most I could afford was the
1500 so with only 5 watts of RF to play with, I'm going to probably have
to brush up on my very rusty CW skills. I have to say I'm very impressed
with the 1500 so far. I had some minor tumbles with USB issues but when
I look at PSDR, and got used to operating it again, it's hard for me to
tell I don't still have the 5K sitting over at the corner of the
operating desk. Some of the CW guys sound pretty frustrated but I have
faith that Flex will get it sorted out. In fact, from reading the
reflectors, it sounds like they have if they can just finish squashing
some bugs in the non public beta. Hearing that you guys are having
success with it as is is encouraging. Now if I just hadn't lost the dang
ball bearings from my McElroy teardrop speed key that I inherited from
my father (the original W4HIJ who truly was a crack CW op.).... If he
was still alive, he'd kill me! hi hi Anyone got any ideas on replacing
those???
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 2/15/2011 6:14 PM, Ernest Garcia wrote:
eorge,
I DITTO YOUR EXPERIENCE!
As the saying goes...To be ignorant is to be bliss.
Ernest - W4EG
Ps, I love my F5KA-F3K& F1.5K running PDSR
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:20:35 +0000
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18 months.
Hmmmmmmm.....
I have had the F3K for about 14 months now. I took it with me to Bequia last
January, where I operated as J8K2CM. I used the version of PSDR that came with
the radio. The laptop was a dual core Dell....about 3 years old.
I worked only CW on 40 meters because the noise level in the phone portion of
40, and all portions of 20 meters made those bands unusuable. Apparently there
was a problem with the power line that was about 100 feet from the antenna. I
didn't have any problems with CW at all on 40 meters. I was even able to handle
the pileups! Was able to separate the stations that were just 25-30HZ apart.
Exciting!
The main purpose of the trip was scuba diving, so I worked CW in the evenings.
Made over 300 CW contacts and 2 phone contacts when I had time to operate.
I also have an F5K that I used up until October 2010 when I moved to a
temporary apartment and had to take the station down. I used the latest beta
version available at that time. I did experience some character delays with the
beta; but, was able to adjust the sampling rate and buffer sizes to eliminate
the problem.
Am sorry that your F3K is sitting on the shelf. If you are really frustrated,
let us know and maybe one of us can horsetrade for a rig that we no longer use.
(I have an FT857D in the box. Was going to take the 857 to J8 land; but,
couldn't get sufficient CW separation to handle the pileups.)
The temperature is supposed to reach 50F this weekend, so expect to get an
antenna up at our new house in Vestal, NY and be back on the air with the F3K
and F5K.
Oh yes, I do have a complaint about the new PSDR. The screens that come with
the beta are terrible. Tough on my eyes, so I created my own graphics for the
areas that bothered me. (Yes, we've been thru this subject before....its no
longer an issue with me.)
George
K2CM
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on
behalf of TheVillageHam [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:10 PM
To: Robert McGwier
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flexedge Digest, Vol 20, Issue 14
New radio AGAIN?!
I've not had a radio since I bought the F3K, it's spent 18 months on the
shelf not being used because CW doesn't work!
I think you need to get your facts straight before you start shouting at
me OM.
On 15/02/11 19:58, Robert McGwier wrote:
The improvement in CW in this test code is so remarkable that again,
you are reminded, the radio gets better with each new software
release and sometimes in revolutionary ways. Some of our harshest CW
critics are the friends doing the testing and are using the internal
keyer in this new code and calling it "perfect". Let the CW team work
out the last gotchas or settings, modes, etc. misunderstandings and
you too will get a new radio... AGAIN.
Bob
N4HY
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