[Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response

[Sanger, Joseph]

My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW.  The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah), causing just enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw.  It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my  Begali outboard key.  Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time).  Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks

Joe - WB2SSB

Joseph Sanger, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director, Radiology Informatics
(212) 263-3434