[Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder

Bob McGraw K4TAX rmcgraw at blomand.net
Thu Nov 30 16:50:07 EST 2017


Yes, I find this to be true as well.   I also suggest one tweak the TEXT 
DEC value to something other than AUTO.  In my experience a value of 3 
or 4 works well.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 11/30/2017 3:45 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I get "reasonable" results. What I find is that the faster the sender, 
> the better the decode. The ways I have found to improve decode are:
>
>   Use CWT to exactly tune the signal.
>   Use narrow bandwidth -- 250 Hz or less on the DSP filter
>   Adjust the RF gain to minimize noise while still having signal.
>
> I use CW 5--40 as my usual decoder setting.
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV




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