[Elecraft] KX3 CW Weighting

[James Bennett]

Dennis -

Thanks for the post. I’ve had a K3 for about five years and have really liked the feel/sound of it’s keying. Got a KX3 about a year ago and immediately noticed that is just didn’t sound the same as big brother. Not bad, but just not the same. I pretty much ignored it, as it wan’t really troubling me. But when I saw your post, I thought I’d see if that makes a difference for me. One word: WOW! I dropped my setting down to 1.05 as you suggested and now, on my KX3, it is perfect - for me, anyway. And the spacing/weight seems (to me) to be exactly like what big brother produces.

Thanks!

Jim / W6JHB


> On   Monday, Dec 22, 2014, at  Monday, 8:04 AM, Dennis Gregory <wu6x at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> After receiving a "459" report during a CW contact this week, it occurred to me that I had never actually "listened" to the transmitted CW signal from my KX3. Doing so, I discovered the CW weighting was set heavy by my ears (1.25), quite a bit different than what the CW sidetone represented, and possibly contributing to the readability report. I reset the weighting to "1.05" and the CW output now sounds exactly like the sidetone spacing. For those KX3 drivers out there, you may want to either listen to your transmitted signal, or simply trust my assessment and set menu CW WGHT to 1.05. Dennis - WU6X 		 	   		  
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