[Elecraft] "Spasmodic" CW with 3.41

[Dick Roth, KA1OZ]

Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Dick,
> 
> What version of HRD are you  using?
> 
> tnx
> Wayne
> 
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:28 AM, Dick Roth, KA1OZ wrote:
> 
>> This is a very plain vanilla setup.  I'm using an iambic paddle 
>> plugged into the paddle input and my straight key into the key input.  
>> Other than my KUSB connection between my rig and my laptop, which runs 
>> Vista, there is no other connection.  And with the K3 in TX Test, 
>> there is no RF possibly running around the shack.
>>
>> I also have a plain vanilla setup of HRD...out of the box, you might 
>> say.  I do know that without changing HRD's setup, I can cure the 
>> problem by going back to 3.30.  It would appear that something in 3.41 
>> has done the changing!
>>
>> Thanks for your input, Wayne, Len and the rest of the crew.
>>
>>
>> Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>> 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
>>> ----
>>> http://www.elecraft.com
>>> 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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>>
>> -- 
>> 73,
>> Dick ka1oz
>> Middleborough, MA
>>
>> Radio:  Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
>> Antenna:  Titan-DX
> 
> 

4.1 Build 2312

I'm using a KUSB from Elecraft.

I re-installed 3.41 to see whether there had been a problem with the 
first time I installed it, but the same symptoms are there.

I can't even send 8 dits (error) without a skipped dit!  It makes it 
impossible to send morse.  When I try the straight key, it is hit and 
miss whether I transmit or not with each character.

I just re-installed 3.30 and all is FB again!

-- 
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

Radio:  Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna:  Titan-DX