[Elecraft] Text Decode Issues (Cured?)

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I"ve been really buring the midnight oil on this for the last couple of days
and the more I fiddle with things, the closer I get (2 steps forward, three
steps back, but still making progress).
Now I don't know as any of these things have really made any difference, but
I am making some kind of headway so I'll pass on what I'm finding;

I noticed that the Key (factory Elecraft Key), was sending spurious tones.
Sending a "Dit" would sometimes result in a "Dit-Dah". Upon further
investigation, I found that the circuit board was actually moving slightly.
The three hold down bolts appeared to be tight, but I tend to keep my key
setup with very little movement, so I increased the distance, reset the
board and tightened down the bolts (firm not killed, no need to crack the
PCB). This seemed to cure the spurious tones, but I was still having
problems with the "I - P" Combination (showing as "E - G"). On a guess, I
went into delay and changed it from .23 to 0.000 with no change. Then I
changed it to .5 and suddenly the "I-P / E-G" problem went away. Now this
makes no sense to me as I don't believe that the delay would have anything
to do with this problem, but then again, I'm not completely savvy with all
the functions on this radio.

I changed things back to .23 and the problem came back. Up to .5 and the
problem goes away. So if anyone can explain that to me, I'd be smarter than
I am now, but for now, I'm pretty happy that my sending is showing up
properly.

I'm posting this not as a 'cure', but simply to document what I have done
that is so far, working for me. I have changed nothing else in terms of the
setup so I think I'm on the right track.

73




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