[Elecraft] K3 CW keyer issues

[Fred Jensen]

On 9/20/2010 3:24 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
> I agree with the comment about Iambic A vs B option.  I really
> couldn't stand the keyer (at first) until I swapped from A to B (or
> was it from B to A?).  Now, smooth as silk and nothing is every
> missed.  Of course, that was years ago now (one of my K3s is first
> run).

I have always run Mode A from the time that Iambic came along, I can't 
manage the extra dit that Mode B inserts.  Nor have I ever mastered the 
fine art of squeezing gently.  Too old I guess.  I get perfect keying 
from my K3 using the HexKey, and so far as I know, it has never burped, 
belched, or stuttered.  I have ... but not the radio.  In contests when 
running N1MM with a USB WinKey, I use the K3 internal keyer for fills 
and requests and I've never experienced a problem there either even 
though N1MM is polling the radio.

My K2 exhibits a very tiny, just noticeable occasional "irregularity" 
but it is very rare and not a problem.  Incidentally, the HexKey is 
markedly smoother and better than either of my two "vanilla" Benchers 
with the spring.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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