[Elecraft] [K3] CW Weight Question

[Joel Black]

Okay, maybe this is a dumb question, but I have searched the Elecraft 
Archives back to October 2011 and I cannot find what I'm looking for (or 
I don't know what I'm looking for).

What is CW Weight? I know what the book says, "Adjust element/space 
timing ratio (weight) for the internal keyer."

What does that mean?

I ask this, because I like to use a bug or a straight key. When I *do* 
use my paddles, I notice the dits do not sound as "crisp" as the dits on 
the bug. I'm sorry, "crisp" is the best adjective I can think of. The 
paddles (at the default CW weight of 1.15) sound "muddled" or "mushy" to 
my hearing. I turned the CW weight down to 0.90 and it sounds more like 
the dits on the bug - "crisp."

If there's a change in the way the dahs sound with the CW weight at 
0.90, I cannot tell a difference. In all honesty, I'm probably a little 
long on my dahs on the bug anyway ;) .

Does CW weight increase or decrease the, hmm... roll off? of the dits. 
Kind of like a cap slowly discharging?

Meh... Maybe I'm just nuts.

73,
Joel - W4JBB