[Elecraft] K2 vs OMNI V keying waveform?

[David A. Belsley]

Oh boy, this one is likely to start a line.  But I have never (repeat, 
never) heard anything approaching clix from a K2 -- and I've worked a 
bunch.  This is so for either the K2 or the K2/100.  Now I know there are 
those who say the drop time is too fast, but this seems to be an 
intellectual finding only.  Indeed I imagine I am not alone among K2 owners 
who get pretty constant compliments on the keying, and I often get people 
who say they can tell a K2 by the enviable keying.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:45 PM -0700 k6se@juno.com wrote:

> Doc, K0EVZ wrote:
>
> "How do the output waveforms of the K2 vs the Ten Tec OMNI V/VI+
> compare?"
> ==========
> The Omni V and the Omni VI have decent CW waveforms (no klix), but the
> Omni VI+ has bad klix.  Apparently when Ten-Tec upgraded from the VI to
> the VI+ they did something to the transmit AGC loop that buggered up the
> CW waveform.  I understand that some hams have done a mod to the VI+ to
> alleviate the problem.
>
> I haven't tested my K2 for klix, but I understand that the K2 has a
> slight click problem.  Too fast of a transition on either the rise or
> fall time.
>
> When I say "klix", I mean that the CW bandwidth is on the wide side.
> When tuning in on the clicky signal with a narrow CW filter, you can hear
> the clicks 1 or 2 kHz before the signal is in the passband of the narrow
> filter.
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics