[Elecraft] When is mode A not mode A?

[w7aqk]

Hi All,

I must be totally dense, but after 60 years of this stuff (and 40 years or 
so of it with a keyer and paddle), I just don't get the advantage of Mode B! 
I understand what Mode B does, or is supposed to do, but I don't see the 
benefit really.  Although I use an "iambic" paddle, I don't use the iambic 
method, so probably that is the issue.  However, how many folks really do 
use "iambic"?  Not many based on the "survey" I've had going for a good 
while now.  If I hear anything at all about Mode B, it is usually 
complaints!

As for the gentleman's question about why his "Mode A" is acting like "Mode 
B", I'd be inclined to suspect that the rig is not actually placing itself 
in Mode A.  Does this suggest the need to try a "reset"?  Either that, or 
maybe it's only a paddle adjustment?  Have someone else use your equipment 
to see if they get the same result.  FWIW, both my K3 and my KX3 are in Mode 
A, and I have no problems with either.  I do recall a time or two in the 
past when I was getting funny results, primarily due to RF getting into the 
paddle cable.  However, that was usually manifested by the keyer taking off 
in an endless string of "dit-dahs".

Dave W7AQK