[Elecraft] Keyer weighting

[Hank Garretson]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

Listening to my K3 off the air, I can't discern any shortening of the
> elements that I did with the -830. Why would I need Key Compensation in my
> K3?  I tried to measure it with the scope ... sort of inconclusive results
> mainly because I don't know how to work it but if the K3 keying is clipping
> anything off the beginning of the elements, I sure can't hear it.  Am I
> missing something?
>

Scope tests are indeed inconclusive because of rise and fall times.

What is important is not how things may sound to me when I listen, but how
things sound to the people who have to copy me.

I have run on-the-air tests with accomplished CW operators who are at the
top of the game and whom I respect very much. After quite a few iterations,
I ended up with CW WGHT 1.10, CW QRQ OFF, WinKey Key Compensation 07. That
worked best for them and for me.

Please note that Key Compensation is not very important at slower speeds.
It's above 30 WPM that Key Compensation is really important.

73,

Hank, W6SX