[Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

[Hector Padron]

Martin,how many ops nowaday in contests or even dx work TX/RX over 30 wpm ? Almost none,how many roundtables you find nowaday with guys TX/RX over 50 wpm ? almost none,eventually you will find sometimes a reduced group of two or three guys sending over 60 wpm and most of them using keyboards and PC sofware to decode,so the K3 has more than enough speed for any high or slow cw operator.
I am one of the few left old timers who still can copy with my ears up 65 wpm and send with my fist up to 60 but I never go that fast because can't find anyone to practice with,so I think Elecraft did a good job with the builtin keyer set to 50.
I was in the field day recently and also in the last cw contest and could find anyone who could RX me when I was over 40 wpm,my speed was all the time no more than 30.
Don't you realize that the CW spirit has been lost in the last years,haven't you see how few stations are using that mode ? 
I don't think we need more speed on the K3
 
AD4C

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