[Elecraft] K3 Keying

[Brendan Minish]

on Fri, 2008-09-05 at 18:11 +0100, David Cutter wrote:
> I would be interested to know why folks use external keyers in preference to 
> the internal keyer.

I use a logikey K5 keyer 

reasons 
1/ more memories in 3 banks (6 in each bank, 3 banks in total )
2/ user definable speed range, keying type, weight etc 
3/ Macros, ability to edit memories etc.  
4/ frees up the 4 memory buttons on the k3 to be user defined shortcuts 
5/ serial # facilities for casual contesting 

lastly I use a logikey CMOS4 in my mobile setup, the keyer 'feel' is
identical between both setups 

For contesting I use a Winkey USB keyer, it generates nicer CW than
serial port keying and makes doing hand fills etc easy. for hand keying
it's not a patch on the logikey keyers  

Personally I think that elecraft aought to do a licence deal with the
logikey people so that the logikey CMOS4 feature set could be done using
the internal keyer. logikey's user interface o nthe CMOS4 requires 4
buttons and a speed pot. I would happily pay extra to have the CMOS 4
feature-set internal to the K3 


73
Brendan EI6IZ 

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