[Elecraft] K2 keyer

[David Dunn]

Interested in your remarks Joe, on the K1E. keyer.   Cannot relate to the
K2, but I have following comments to makes
I have used one of those now (K9 model  - in conjunction with my TS 50) for
several years and find it the most user friendly keyer I know.
Since having the K3 now in use for some 9 months, I have been fairly happy
with the built in keyer. BUT it does not have auto spacing.  I use iambic A
setting a twin paddle and the default ratio of  1.15 which seems to be about
right
I feel the actual indicated speed is perhaps faster than it says and I am
happy for a normal conversation at an indicated  19 -22 wpm .

The K1EL   K9 model has more adjustments.  I built a K10 keyer early this
year (mainly because I wanted speed change on a pot rather than a menu) but
am not happy with that one,  among other things it suffers badly from RF
pick up  .I guess fixing that is not going to be too difficult, but so far
not tried.

73   David VK3DBD/G3SCD

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Joe Hetrick <kc0vkn at bitjanitor.net> wrote:

> For contesting I've gotten a K1EL WinKeyUSB that i've been fussing
> with all week.  I just cannot get it to feel like my K2's internal
> keyer, which I've really come to like.  The closest (and most equally
> comfortable), is probably a Logikey CMOS II I've got.
>
> At anyrate, I thought I'd ask if anyone found the magic combination of
> weight/compensation/etc in the K1EL to make it feel like the K2.
>
> I've discovered that a higher dit/dah (say: 1.333) and increasing the
> weight to 60% seem to help, and then adding a bit of keying
> compensation (2ms), but, there is still just something that just
> doesn't feel right, whether it's 20wpm or 35wpm.
>
> Does anyone have any input, or insight into the K2's keyer that might
> help?
>
> 73,
>
> Joe KC0VKN
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