[Elecraft] Fwd: K3S poor CW reported with N1MM+

[John Simmons]

Use the QSK mode. There is no menu option to change the rise time- 
intentionally. If you listen to CW contests there are some REALLY wide 
signals out there. The K3 won't let you do that.

Side note: The Drake 4-line had the best sounding CW note, in my humble 
opinion.

-de John NI0K

Chuck Chandler wrote on 4/24/2020 7:02 AM:
> Here's some further info quoted from a fellow who has worked me a dozen
> times or so in the CWT's.  We haven't had a rag chew so I'm hoping this is
> still a N1MM+ = computer = K3S issue.  My last rag chew yesterday with a
> fellow when I asked, he described my bug-sent CW note as "very steady,
> pure" or words to that effect.
>
> "the keying is very very "soft" - the opposite of a "hard" clicky signal.
> The attack/decay time, i.e. the time it takes to go from full off to full
> on (or on to off) is so long that a string of dits at over 30 wpm almost
> melt into one another, making it hard to copy. It's certainly distinctive."
>
> Is there a menu to adjust CW rise time?  Is a firmware reload worthwhile?
> I'm currently at the latest versions.
>
> 73 de Chuck, WS1L