[Elecraft] KX2 versus K3 Keyer Speed

[Fred Jensen]

Sure.  Speed definitions for Morse code are a bit fuzzy at best.  
Measured in WPM, it depends on the "words" since it will take a lot 
longer to send "JY1JP" than to send "N5EEE" even though they both have 5 
letters. The standard "word" originally was "MORSE" which has 50 dot 
times.  Urban legend has it that it was changed to "PARIS" [also 50 dot 
times] when the world was defining the Prime Meridian, but that's 
another probably apocryphal story.

If you can observe the keying when sending continuous dots ... AND the 
key down/key up times are equal ... AND the key down time when sending 
continuous dashes is 3 times the dot time ... AND the key up time on 
continuous dashes is the same as the key-up time for dots, then you can 
compare two different keyers. With hand sending however, 1 WPM is 
probably way into the noise.

73,

Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn

On 8/11/2017 7:54 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> I think I have detected a subtle difference between the keyer speed of my KX2 and my K3.  Is this possible?