[Elecraft] Ultimatic keying

[Gary Marklund]

Me too!

Gary KJ7RT

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On Aug 12, 2012, at 10:55, "Erik Basilier" <ebasilier at cox.net> wrote:

> I too support the request to add Ultimatic to Elecraft rigs. I don't have
> the fine motor control of my fingers required to make use of iambic
> features. I treat the dual paddles the same as a single paddle for the most
> part. However, the dual paddle feels better than a single paddle, probably
> because pressing one of the paddles gets a result after a movement of one
> gap space, while a single paddle means the paddle travels two gap spacings
> within a character. Given my way of using dual paddles, the keyer logic just
> needs to be as forgiving as possible in handling the inconsistencies in my
> finger motions. Years ago when I built the external keyer with Ultimatic
> mode, I tried it and felt that it made my keying more consistent. At this
> time I have almost zero time for ham radio, and haven't plugged in the
> external keyer after returning from FD. When I get time, I should test my
> maximum sending speed with vs without Ultimatic. I do know that just using
> the K3's keyer, I start making excessive errors if I try to send faster than
> about 25 wpm. Perhaps Ultimatic will let me go faster.
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Erik K7TV 
> 
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> 
>> Yes please, I've been waiting for this for a few years now!
> 
> 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)
> 
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> 
> I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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> 
> 
> 
> On 11 Aug 2012, at 16:32, emanning at csc.uvic.ca wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> I third the motion!
> 
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> 
>> I have been building external boxes to provide Ultimatic keying mode 
> 
>> for about 25 years.
> 
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> 
>> It would be VERY nice to have it internal to the K3/KX3...
> 
>> 
> 
>> Eric
> 
>> VA7DZ
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