Jim, No relays are involved in the K2 T/R switching, it is all solid state and it is quite fast.
I could surmise that your problem occurs after a band change or right after a power cycle or after a change in the requested power. In cases like that, the K2 will drop the power to a low value and build up to the requested level after a dot or two - the DX station may not be hearing the dots at lower power. To avoid that "initial power leveling" situation, you would have to transmit a few dots before your callsign. OTOH, if that happens consistently (and not after a band change or change of power), then you should check further. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/15/2010 6:45 PM, k2z...@aol.com wrote: > Upon initial power up OR after the K2 has been idle for a short period of > time I have discovered that the first character keyed gets truncated. If I > was to send my call sign - K2ZF - the K would be transmitted as A. Letter K > dah dit dah - the first dah would NOT get transmitted and the receiving > station would answer A2ZF. Its no problem if I was to call CQ and repeat my > call sign a few times, but if I'm chasing DX and I send my call only once the > DX would reply A2ZF. > Every other letter gets transmitted properly afterward, its just the first > character after the K2 has been idle. Should I be looking for a sticky relay > and if so which one? > Thanks, Jim K2ZF > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
