[Elecraft] key dot weight

[Hank Garretson]

I gently suggest that what the K3 needs is a Configuration option for Keying
Compensation. Keying Compensation is different from Key Weighting. See page
10 of this document for a good explanation.
http://k1el.tripod.com/files/Winkey10.pdf

The K3 needs about 6 milliseconds of Keying Compensation to sound and be
right. I use both the K1EL WinKeyer and CMOS Super Keyer II which provide
Keying Compensation adjustment.

If Elecraft implements Keying Compensation, please make it effective for
both the internal keyer and external keying. Right now, using the internal
keyer produces distinctly light keying at any speed above 25 WPM. Note, it
will not sound light to you because the monitor side tone has no shaping.
But the signal going out on the air is light.

Ski Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light