[1000mp] Keyer question on Mark V Field

[Lou]

Hi Bruno,

I uncovered a couple of bugs in the memory keyer of my MkV but nothing like
you describe.  If I had to guess, I would say it's most likely something
weird with the paddles...maybe contamination on the contacts, shorting
wires, misadjusted pivots...  I'd try another set of paddles and carefully
go over the MFJ ones.

Lou W7HV 

-----Original Message-----
From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Bruno Treguier
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:34 PM
To: All about Yaesu 1000mp
Subject: [1000mp] Keyer question on Mark V Field

Hi there,

When using CW mode with my Mark V Field, I sometimes get a strange 
behaviour: when *briefly* pushing the "dit" paddle of my Iambic key in 
order to get only 1 or 2 dits, sometimes I get several additional dits 
(1 to 3 more), as if the paddle was stuck in the "contact closed" 
position, which I think is not the case, as I release it quite quickly. 
The key itself is an MFJ-564 and my keying speed is around 20 wpm, so 
not very high...

I fear my internal electronic keyer might have a little problem, as the 
MFJ-564 involves nothing but mechanical/electrical parts, but I'm not 
sure of the origin of the issue. It may also be that the tension spring 
is not tight enough. The extra dits don't happen systematically, they 
just show up from time to time, which makes the whole thing rather 
exasperating as it's difficult to reproduce when I'd like to show 
someone else (Murphy's law, as usual).

Has anyone seen that kind of behaviour before ?

Thanks in advance for any answer.

Best regards,

Bruno
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