Got a few responses. Turns out it was the grounding problem. Did the mod with some thin speaker wire and works well now.
Jeff - KG7HDZ > On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:39 AM, Thorpe, Jeffrey <jtho...@liberty.edu> wrote: > > I've finally gotten back to working on my morse, practicing with my KX3 with > the KXPD3 attached. At first I thought it was just me, as I am just > relearning this after 30 years of non-use. (Straight-key back in high-school) > > I have the KX3 set for text decode, and speed set to 15wpm. Quite often, it > seems to "hang" for a fraction of a second (variable time, but at times up to > almost a full second). Usually it is with the right paddle (the dah). I can > have the paddle pressed, but I don't get the dah right away - sometimes. > Quite aggravating. I tried bumping the speed up as a test, with the same > problem still occurring. > > I figure this could be a contact problem, but thought I'd ask first before > doing any kind of disassembly, to see if there was some other known issue > (maybe with firmware) first. I have the latest firmware installed. The KXPD3 > is about one year old, and I have just now started using it. > > Jeff - KG7HDZ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to jtho...@liberty.edu ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
