[Elecraft] A CW Question for the group

[Robert G. Strickland]

Robert...

I have/had much the same approach to my new K3, hardly one week old. I 
bought a 500cps 8-p direct from InRad. I think that gives you a lot of 
stopping power without requiring too fine a touch from the start. Then, 
as you get deeper into CW - that will be nice - you can decide on 
anything narrower. I have the 200cps 5-p, also, and the two filters 
together cover the CW ground for me. The 400cps 8-p from Elecraft is 
not, IMHO, sufficiently different from the 200cps 5-p from Elecraft, 
albeit a slightly better filter. The 500-200 combination made the most 
sense to me [also, I don't operate digital modes... yet].

Have a good day

...robert

On 2/25/2012 01:00, Robert 'RC' Conley wrote:
> I am not a CW op! I work mostly QRP phone in contests. Current
> configuration is K3/10 w/2.7khz filter . I wish to enhance it with 2.1khz,
> 1.8khz and I intend to purchase P3 and CW filter for use with my K3/P3. I
> am wondering which one would be MOST USEFUL FOR ME... 8 pole 400hz or 250hz
> or 5 pole 500hz or 200hz?  My CW is very RUSTY but I wish to improve it. I
> need help help arriving at this decision. So I'm asking the CW op's in the
> group. Thanks
> RC KC5WA
>

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Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY
rcrgs at verizon.net
Syracuse, New York, USA