[Elecraft] just did the KPA100 upgrade ... why 8r HOLD ?

[John Reiser]

Hi Steve,

Did anyone respond to your question?  If so, what did they say?

73,  John, W2GW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jackson" <kz1x at yahoo.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:55 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] just did the KPA100 upgrade ... why 8r HOLD ?


>I was dutifully folowing the execllent-as-always
> Elecraft instructions for this upgrade, when I came
> upon a step that says to put the rig into "8r HOLD"
> mode.
>
> I really don't like that mode, due to the loud audio
> clicks it causes in CW, as the transmitter shuts off.
>
> "8r Normal" mode doesn't produce such clicks.  Nice
> and smooth, although not quite the QSK I'd like,
> perefctly acceptable.  T-R is set to 0.02 because
> settings lower than that also produce audio artifacts.
>
> Why is the "8r HOLD" mode specified?
>
>
>
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