[Elecraft] RE: K3 Keying and NR

[Franki ON5ZO]

>Whilst in QSO with a European station recently, he asked if I was
>using a K3.  I told him that I was and asked why he was asking.  He
>said he thought I was using a K3 as he recognised the hard keying,
>having heard it on some other K3s.  I was using the NR option at the
>time.
>Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE

Ah, now I get it.
When I was in the EUHFC contest two weeks ago, I was playing with the NR and 
its parameter on one of the lower bands while running.
Someone broke in (no callsign given) and sent "check ur tx - check ur tx". 
It was the first and only comment about my signal ever so I thought it was 
his RX.

I'm sure the NR was on at that point because the band (80? 160?) was very 
noisy. So his remark might have been caused by the same K3 issue?

I never had a rig with NR or NB (TS-850's NB = no effect), can anyone tell 
me how to set it up or is it just a case of 
see-what-is-the-best-setting-at-a-given-time?

73 de Franki ON5ZO
http://on5zo.spaces.live.com/