[Elecraft] cw weight reduces as speed increases

[Dale Boresz]

Hello Wayne!

Thanks for the quick response. QRQ mode works beautifully, and the 
keying sounds great now!

(I should have read the manual more closely)

73, Dale
WA8SRA

On 9/23/2011 9:52 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Dale,
>
> Keying weight would, in an ideal world, not change with speed. But the 
> reality is that the low-noise synthesizers in both the K2 and K3 take 
> some time to switch between transmit and receive. We take this into 
> account, but that can only be done up to a point because of various 
> timing relationships in hardware and firmware.
>
> Please try "QRQ" mode, in which the synthesizer doesn't move. This 
> allows for far more accurate timing at all speeds.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Dale Boresz wrote:
>
>> I good friend has kindly lent me his K3. I have noticed that the cw
>> weight changes inversely proportional to the speed setting -- just as it
>> does on my old K2.
>
>
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