[Elecraft] K2 DC note modification

Mon Dec 16 19:46:26 2002

Oh, I don't know, Eric.  My signal was criticized the other day for being 
so light (I use a 1.0 ratio) that it was very difficult for (him) to copy. 
I guess I shouldn't mention that this criticism came from an op whose fist 
was halting, turgid, inconsistent, and who sent easily 20% of his 
characters incorrectly (Rs instead of Fs, etc.) and who always sent the 
numeral 1 in my call as .----- instead of .----.  But, of course, that's 
probably all irrelevant.

best wishes, (and still in love)

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Monday, December 16, 2002 4:20 PM -0800 Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> The other operator was probably giving you a compliment. I get positive
> comments about my K2 CW signal almost every time I use it on the air. We
> designed the K2's CW TX wave form to have what we felt was an ideal
> rise/fall time characteristic on each dot and dash transition. This makes
> it sound extremely clean when someone hears your signal. I can also
> identify K2s on CW because I feel their characteristics are much more
> pleasant to listen to than most other rigs I hear. (Of course I'm a
> little biased.. ;^)
>
> (By the way, the mod you are referring to is to the side tone and will not
> impact your transmit tone. On rigs with s/n 3000 and above we added some
> additional parts to roll off harmonic components in the K2s CW sidetone
> generator, making it a little smoother to listen to when you send.)
>
> 73, Eric  WA6HHQ
> Elecraft
>
>
> Wilderman wrote:
>>
>> I received a signal report from a ham the other day who knew I was using
>> a K2 before I even told him what radio I was using for QRP. Was he just
>> pulling my leg or was he on to something? Any help would be appreciated,
>> thanks.
>>
>> Bob Wilderman, K3SRO
>> [email protected]
>> K2  owner
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics