[Elecraft] "Spasmodic" CW with 3.41

[Wayne Burdick]

I'm not observing any keying problems, either. How are you keying the  
rig? How is HRD set up? I'm not an expert with HRD; is there a way to  
reset it to defaults to see if it could be a configuration issue?

Tnx
Wayne,
N6KR

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On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:00 PM, "Dick Roth, KA1OZ" <raroth7 at comcast.net>  
wrote:

> Len, K3LJ wrote:
>> Dick, I tried it with my K3 #892 with no problems during TX Test. I  
>> am
>> running  the latest Beta version of HRD. I have no problems using  
>> HRD to do
>> CW or using the built in keyer in the K3. The mistakes that I make  
>> using the
>> keyer are mine but nothing out of the ordinary other than that.
>>
>> Len, K3LJ
>>
>>
>>
>> Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
>>> Greetings--
>>>
>>> I discovered tonight, having downloaded and installed 3.41 a few  
>>> nights
>>> ago, that when connected to HRD, my K3, #859, has problems with the
>>> keying circuit, regardless if I'm using my paddle or my straight  
>>> key.
>>>
>>> While in TX Test mode, when connected to HRD, dits and dahs become
>>> "spasmodic" with dahs occasionally elongated or cut off short.   
>>> The dits
>>> will occasionally "miss"...not be there when expected.
>>>
>>> When disconnected from HRD, normal operation resumes.  Now, I only  
>>> tried
>>> this on TX Test and not into the air or dummy load.
>>>
>>> When I reverted back to 3.30, the problem vanished...ceased to  
>>> exist,
>>> connected to HRD or not.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else discovered this?
>>>
>>>>
>> [snip] >
>>
>
> I'm running HRD 4.1 Build 2312.  I should add that the radio is as it
> was when I put it together.  I have not made any mods.  I don't know  
> if
> this is pertinent or not.
>
> -- 
> 73,
> Dick ka1oz
> Middleborough, MA
>
> Radio:  Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
> Antenna:  Titan-DX
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