Note that the weighting only works on the internal keyer. It does not affect
the weighing of an external key or keyer. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Oppenheimer
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:14 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CW Weight Question

Hi Joel,

Weight, on an Elecraft radio, is a ratio of the Dit and symbol space time.
With weight set to 1.00, the Dit period is the same time as the symbol space
time. As weight is increased, the Dit, and Dah, times are lengthened by the
ratio. For example, 25 WPM, the Dit time, in ms, is defined as:

T = 1200 / WPM = 1200 / 25 = 48 ms.

If the weight is set to 1.00, the Dit and symbol space time will be 48 ms.

If the weight is set to 1.15, then:

Dit time = 48 * 1.15 = 55.2 ms
or about 7 ms longer.

The symbol space time will be about 7 ms shorter.

Dah time is also 7 ms longer, or:
48 * 3 + 7 = 151 ms.

John KN5L

On 12/12/2013 04:48 PM, Joel Black wrote:
> What is CW Weight?
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