[Elecraft] OT: Internal keyer in TS-480

[Alan Bloom]

The latest (April 2010) issue of QST has an article by VA7XB about a
HF/VHF/UHF emergency "Go Kit" that was designed for a Surrey, BC amateur
radio group.  They built three of them.  The HF transceiver they
selected was the TS-480SAT.  There is an interesting comment near the
end of the article:

"An external CW keyer is included in the kit even though the TS-480SAT
has its own internal keyer.  This was found necessary because many CW
operators are unable to adapt to the unique characteristics of the
Kenwood built-in keyer."

Is this just a matter of different operators having different keyer
preferences, or is there something unusual about the Kenwood internal
keyer?

Al N1AL