[Elecraft] CW with my K3s and KX3

[Fred Jensen]

Everyone is soooo very literal these days! [:-)  I used "J-38" to mean 
any straight key that suits your fancy ... i.e. keyer+paddle, bug, 
straight key.  "J-38" is just well known and shorter than "straight 
key," which I've now typed three times, with and without quotes and a 
comma.  Just need to ditch the keyboard until comfortable with your 
manual keying device, keyboards introduce a separate skill ... typing 
... into the mix.

Regarding Mode A/B:  Mode B was a misteak in the programming of an early 
Curtis keyer chip.  Or maybe Mode A was the mistake.  Might have been 
some chip other than a Curtis.  Every transceiver with a keyer I've 
owned would do both [1 FT, 2 TS, K2, K3].  Can't remember if the KX1 
would but I think it did.

Thus endeth Morse factoids for 5 Oct.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 10/5/2018 11:58 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> That's a very good and comprehensive list of suggestions, Fred.  I've only one nit to pick in this statement:
>
>> 3.  86 the keyboard and send with paddle/bug/J-38
> Avoid the J-38 military straight key.  The common J-38 was used in military service ONLY for Morse training.  The equally-common J-37 is the Signal Corps key most often used with real front-line sets that might be exposed to combat environments.  However, the Navy Type 26003 key is the finest of common military straight keys.  It's what I use if forced to use an Asian-origin commercial ham rig.  They seem not to know how to make a transceiver capable of Mode A iambic keying.  I'd rub two wires together before I'd ever try using the horrific Mode B that almost all Asian ham rigs force on buyers.  I really appreciate how every Elecraft rig ever made allows great Mode A iambic keying, so I don't often need to break out my 26003 straight key.
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> Mike / KK5F
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