[Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed

[Phil Hystad]

If this feature existed I think I would still choose to set my speed manually.  
Changing keyer speed by large amounts is always something that takes me a
few moments to get used to.  For example, if I hear a guy CQ'ing at 15 wpm
and I am operating at 25 wpm, if I were to immediately go to 15 wpm I would
be making lots of mistakes, such as dropping out dots and dashes which is my
usual mistake for such a move.

73, phil, K7PEH


On May 2, 2010, at 8:54 AM, lstavenhagen wrote:

> 
> Now this is a feature I'd support too.... Over the years I've gotten
> reasonably good at guessing speeds, but I still tend to overestimate this. I
> was working some of the stations in the 7QP contest last night with my K3
> and RUMLog and on several occasions estimated their speed at around 30wpm.
> But when I adjusted the keyer to their speed it was closer to 25wpm. 
> 
> It'd be pretty cool if the rig had the option to figure out the character
> speed and be able to adjust the keyer accordingly. Tho if the sending
> station is using Farnsworth weighting, you might still want to do this
> manually....
> 
> As for a permanent display of keying speed, yeah I can see how the lack of
> real estate on the display is a problem here. But I'd support that too (tho
> RUMLog for example always displays the keyer speed in the keyer dialog)....
> 
> 73,
> LS
> W5QD
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