[Elecraft] K3 CW Decoder, Not very good

[Don Wilhelm]

Joe.

If you are trying to decode hand sent CW. you will likely have to 
provide a lot of "fills" unless the sending operator is quite skilled at 
timing and spacing.  Machine sent (keyboard or computer) CW should be 
easily decoded.

73,
Don W3FPR

Joe Reaves wrote:
> Hello friends,
> I have been trying to get my K3 decoder to work better by trying,
> cutting back on the RF gain, using narrow filtering, to limit noise. 
> tuning back and forth across the signal to find a good copy spot.
> Just can't seem to get it to read very well no matter what I try...?
> Even strong signals don't seem to read very well... Is there a way to 
> improver the cw code reader / decoder in the K3 ? 
> Thanks, Best 73' Joe R. / W7Joe
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