[Elecraft] K2 vs OMNI V keying waveform?

[David A. Belsley]

Earl:
  I am aware of where clix reside.  That's the reason I mentioned not 
hearing them on any of the many K2s I have worked.  I have listened up and 
down band of those that really pound in, and I do not hear clix.  I do, 
however, hear them from some other kinds of rigs; so it is not a matter of 
not hearing clix.  I have just never heard them, even when listening for 
them, from a K2.  Have you?

best,

dave

--On Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:05 PM -0700 k6se@juno.com wrote:

> I forgot to add the following to my last post:
>
> Dave, W1EUY wrote:
>
> "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."
> ==========
> The hams you contact on CW have their receivers tuned with your signal
> centered in the passband of their receiver's filter.  Even the clickiest
> signals can sound good with a clear tone in this regard.  In fact, the
> harder the keying, the better the note may sound when so tuned.  But the
> harder the keying (i.e., the steeper the rise/fall time of the CW
> waveform), the greater the possibility that the signal has clicks (which
> you won't hear until you tune your receiver so that the signal is outside
> of the passband of your filter).
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE



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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics