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

[Chuck Chandler]

I'm already in QSK mode.  I wonder if using QRQ mode would help?

73, WS1L

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 7:34 AM John Simmons <jasimmons at pinewooddata.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
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