[Elecraft] K1 default iambic keyer mode (iambic A)

[Phil Wheeler]

I've never liked Mode A.

Phil

Michael Babineau wrote:

> I'm sure that this has come up on the list before ... but for the
> sake of anyone else who might be experiencing this and questioning
> their sanity ...
>
> Be advised that the default iambic keyer mode in the K1 (and I'm guessing
> maybe the other Elecraft Rigs) is Iambic mode A.
>
> If you learned iambic keying (ie you really do use the squeeze 
> capabilities
> to send Rs and Cs etc) in the last 20 years then it is likely that you 
> learned
> Iambic Mode B. Certainly the Heathkit HD-1410 and subsequent Curtis-Chip
> based keyers that I used were Mode B. Also my Ft-817 and my Ten-Tec
> Argo 556 use mode B for their internal keyers.
>
> So what is the difference you ask. Well for me it manifested it self 
> as an
> inability to send the letter R. This has been driving me crazy since I 
> finished
> my K1 a little over a month ago. I just figured I must be getting old 
> ... spending
> too much time playing with a Bug using the other hand etc.
>
> With mode B when sending an R you depress both DIT and DAH paddles
> together making sure to close the DIT first, then you hold until your 
> hear
> the DAH ,then release both paddles. The keyer completes the last DIT.
> With Iambic mode A the operation is the same except that you must wait
> a little longer to release the paddles, ie you release when you hear the
> last DIT.  For me this meant that 80% of the time I tried to send an R I
> got an A and couldn't for the life of me figure out what was going on.
> I can't count the number of times I cleaned the contacts on my paddles!
> Not sure why it just seemed to be just R that was causing a problem 
> for me
> but changing to Mode B fixed it.
>
> It is very easy to change to Mode B via the menu settings on the K1, but
> Mode A is the default for the K1 so unless you change it you will be
> using mode A.
>
> Hope to be on the ARCI HomeBrew Sprint this afternoon with the K1.
>
> I'll be the guy sending lots of perfectly formed Rs!
>
> Michael VE3WMB
>
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