[Elecraft] When is mode A not mode A?

["Hjalmar Duklæt"]

Hi.
Well, I for one use mode B and have always done so. Probably because my first keyer only had mode B and secondly because I wanted to use the squeeze tchnique, as I thought that was the ultimate way to send morse code. I have no problems with mode B, but cannot use mode A without a lot of errors, also on my KX3. So I'm sure the KX3 mode B is really mode B, and that KX3 mode A is something else, probably mode A. 
73 de Hal/la4xx

On 15-10-22 11:11, w7aqk  <w7aqk at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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