[Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware Rev. 4.03: "CW+" mode (Ultra-fastbreak-in; VOX-CW up to 100 WPM)

[The Smiths]

I've noticed this as well.  For me it's a "Tick" sound EVERY time I hit the Dah side of my bug. Nothing on the dit side, regardless of the speed or preasure.  

I thought at first it was the force that I was using.. So I tried pushing the lever slowly and carefully against the Dah contact, and it didn't make the sound.. So then I tried lighting my touch on the dah side while I was sending, and sure enough it was still there.  

So, I switched from my Begali Intrepid to my Vibroplex Original, and then I found that the ticking sound was GONE all together!  Now I'm competely confused.  What does the one dah side have that the other bug's doesn't??? Gold Contacts? A bad ground connection? More surface contact area, a larger area? You tell me.

 

I LOVE the new QSK (QRQ), but if I had to deal with that Tick sound on the dah contact, I would just not use it. Shame.

 


 
> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:37:18 -0700
> From: drewko1 at verizon.net
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware Rev. 4.03: "CW+" mode (Ultra-fastbreak-in; VOX-CW up to 100 WPM)
> 
> 
> Yes, I noticed this on my bug also. This happens almost entirely on
> characters that start with a 'dah'. I think this is because the index finger
> is off the paddle between characters and the initial attack is a little more
> forceful. Subsequent dahs in the same character sound fine, but that first
> one has a 'tick' (a spike by the sound of it). No problem at all with the
> dits.
> 
> BTW, I don't think this is a matter of bug adjustment; you can get the same
> effect by tapping down on a straight key from a slight distance. So it is a
> matter of technique. I can avoid it on the bug by keeping my index finger
> resting against the paddle all the time and avoiding that first hard strike,
> but can't send as well that way; maybe with practice...
> 
> 73,
> Drew
> AF2Z
 		 	   		  
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