Glad you found it and have things up and running correctly. Hope I was able to be of assistance.
73 Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2019, at 8:14 AM, N4ZR <n...@comcast.net> wrote: > > This appears to be, at least in part, a simple matter of RTFM. Also, my > manual is 9 years old, and there's obviously been a lot of stuff added since > then. Experimentally, it appears that must have *both* QSK on - whether Full > or Semi - and VOX on. Once I do this, I see my first dots on the KPA-1500 > bar-graph every time. I do not want to use the built-in keyer in the K3, > because most of my operating is CW contesting, and I want to use the Winkeyer > to send stored messages from N1MM +. The manual makes it clear (if only I'd > read it) that both QSK and VOX must be enabled for CW. In PTT mode, it > appears that my keyer is sending the PTT signal simultaneously with the first > RF - not good. > > Thanks to everyone who helped put me on the right track. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > >> On 4/24/2019 8:49 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >> See CW QRO and TX DELAY in the menu. Also the benefits and likely issues >> are described in the manual, page 58 and 66 as MENU items. As to using >> other means to key the radio and amp and send CW, those may have their own >> settings as required. >> >> While I do not consider myself a high speed CW op, I do work QSK. I do not >> find any truncation of the first CW element. I use the internal keyer and >> either a Vibroplex Iambic paddle or a Vibroplex single level paddle. I have >> VOX set to ON, CW QRO is OFF and TX DLY to NOR and 008. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> 73 >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >> >> >> >>> On 4/24/2019 7:34 AM, Andy Durbin wrote: >>> "It occurs if the rising edge of the keying waveform happens at the same >>> time as the PTT line. The ONLY way around this is to delay the keying >>> waveform slightly so it occurs after the PTT." >>> >>> That would seem to imply that you are not using CW VOX keying. If that is >>> the case then wouldn't using CW VOX eliminate the issue? >>> >>> 73, >>> Andy k3wyc >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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