[Elecraft] [K3] CW Weight Question

[John Oppenheimer]

Hi Joel,

Weight, on an Elecraft radio, is a ratio of the Dit and symbol space
time. With weight set to 1.00, the Dit period is the same time as the
symbol space time. As weight is increased, the Dit, and Dah, times are
lengthened by the ratio. For example, 25 WPM, the Dit time, in ms, is
defined as:

T = 1200 / WPM = 1200 / 25 = 48 ms.

If the weight is set to 1.00, the Dit and symbol space time will be 48 ms.

If the weight is set to 1.15, then:

Dit time = 48 * 1.15 = 55.2 ms
or about 7 ms longer.

The symbol space time will be about 7 ms shorter.

Dah time is also 7 ms longer, or:
48 * 3 + 7 = 151 ms.

John KN5L

On 12/12/2013 04:48 PM, Joel Black wrote:
> What is CW Weight?