I'm a CW operator and my only rig is a Flex 1500. In general, I'm quite pleased with the radio but I have noticed (as have others) that I make many, many errors when sending CW with the built-in keyer on the Flex 1500. For quite some time, I attributed this to operator error until I had a brief email exchange with VE3EGA regarding the Flex 1500. He mentioned the possibility of sub-second delays in the CW transmit chain.
To test his theory, I purchased the excellent K1EL keyer and built the kit. With the new keyer installed, I notice that there is perhaps a quarter of a second delay between the side-tone from the K1EL keyer and the side-tone of the Flex 1500. I now regularly turn off the side-tone on the Flex 1500 and use only the K1EL keyer and its side-tone and I notice that I make far fewer errors when sending CW. This is perhaps useful information for other CW operators experiencing similar difficulties when sending CW with the Flex 1500. Regards, Rick McClelland, AA5S Fort Collins, CO _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
