Okay, lets take Eric's lead and open an interesting thread directly related to an excellent Elecraft product.
For years many of us have suffered with the odd behavior of the K3 in CW PTT mode. There are at least two inexplicble aspects of K3 CW PTT behavior that have forced many of us to use external Winkeyers rather than the poorly designed internal K3 keyer logic when the K3 is in CW PTT mode. For CW contesters, its necessary to operate the K3 in PTT mode to avoid unwanted VOX delay. But for some strange reason the K3 always applies VOX delay after external PTT is unasserted. I can think of no logical reason why VOX delay should be applied at the end of the external PTT input when the K3 is PTT mode or any other mode. When PTT is unasserted, the K3 should always immediately return to receive mode, no exceptions. When using the internal K3 keyer when in PTT mode, for some inexplicable reason the K3 behaves like its in QSK mode. The only way to avoid this is to use VOX rather than PTT mode or to use a foot switch when in PTT mode. Both alternatives are unacceptable. The band aid solution many contesters use with excellent results is to avoid using the internal K3 keyer and to use an external K1EL Winkeyer that generates both a key output and a PTT signal generated according to well designed Winkeyer CW PTT logic. Why can't the K3 implement logic similar to the Winkeyer to generate the equivalent of "Winkeyer PTT" when using the K3 internal keyer when the K3 is in PTT mode? 73 Frank W3LPL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
