[Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500

[N4ZR]

Running into what I'm sure is a simple matter of menu settings, but... 
My K3 is set for PTT with a "normal" TX delay of 008 (I presume 8 ms.), 
driving a KPA-1500.  I am getting persistent reports of clipping one 
dash worth at the beginning of each transmission, so my casll becomes 
"E4ZR", for example.  I've been through both manuals, and aside from 
setting a higher TX Delay, I don't know what I can do to clean this up.

so what am I missing?

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73, Pete N4ZR
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