Auto-spot Was:RE: [Elecraft] K3 BETA FIRMWARE RELEASE -- MCU rev 1.94

[John King]

I agree with Bob, NW8L's comments below.

I've been on the air 99% CW for 41 years and I use
Auto-spot. I can easily match tones to better than
10 cycles by ear, but why bother? Auto-spot is working
better in 1.94 Beta and I have every confidence that
it will only get better.

73,
  john WA1ABI


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bob Cunnings
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:25 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 BETA FIRMWARE RELEASE -- MCU rev 1.94
> 
> 
> I've been on the air for 25 years working 99% cw, and zero beating by
> ear the whole time, thank you. Your condescending comments aren't
> helpful in this case.
> 
> I appreciated the auto-spot feature since it saves time and was very
> robust. *I* find that *this* cw op enjoyed using this particular zero
> beating gizmo, advertised as a first tier feature of the K3.
> Unfortunately performance regressed in the latest firmware version -
> but it will be restored to its former glory only if the users offer
> their feedback to the developers.
> 
> Bob NW8L
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:47 AM, K3KO <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > There is another way to solve the CW spot problem.
> >
> > It's called get on the air and work CW.  You will quickly 
> develop the skill
> > of zero beating by ear.
> > You will find that most CW ops don't use any zero beating gizmo.  Much
> > faster and easier to do it by ear.
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