[Elecraft] When is mode A not mode A?

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Wed Oct 21 18:34:29 EDT 2015


I don't have a KX3 but I do have a KX1, K2, K3, and a Winkey, and all of 
them are set for Iambic A and they all work like they are.  Anything I 
send on Iambic B comes out encrypted.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
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On 10/21/2015 3:04 PM, Roger Crofts wrote:
> I love my KX3 and its little paddle. Unfortunately my keying is full
> of mistakes. When I send the letter C for example, it often comes out
> as CT or K. I thought the KX3 must be set to mode B keying, but no,
> it was on mode A. I originally learnt to send on an ETM-3b squeeze
> keyer many moons ago. The ETM-3b is a mode A keyer. I tried plugging
> a Bencher paddle into the KX3 but the problem remained, so the paddle
> is not the problem. Is the mode A, that I am used to, somehow
> different to the mode A in the KX3?
>
> Roger, VK4YB


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