Last week I asked K3 Support if single lever paddle support was on the to "to do" list. Gary Surrency responded that it was not but would be considered.
within days the answer came back that it would not be supported due to the small number of users affected. At first I was a little annoyed but now I am all right with that decision because I have found that I can in fact use my Kent paddle with a slap and dash technique with the K3 internal keyer just the way it is. 1. I changed my weighting to 1.25 and selected MODE A. 2. I used the TEXT DECODE function to get feedback. 3. I made sure I was consistently as fast as possible with my keying of elements within a character when switching from dot(s) to dash(es). This technique "cured" my problem of things like CQ being seen NNMET!!!! Using the TEXT DECODE function also helped with getting rid of unwanted Farnsworth spacing between characters. The better I get at hearing CW the more annoying it becomes. It also makes sending a more natural rhythm. BTW, before I worked this method out I hooked up my microHam CW Keyer and used it and it worked FB with no effort on my part but I resented having an extra box and extra cables on my desk! In an attempt to clean up my station I went back to using the K3 keyer and worked things out! Not only did I get rid of the external keyer and cables but now the Kent single lever paddle is plugged into the paddle jack and so TEXT DECODE as well as TERMINAL mode in the K3 Utility both work on send and receive. Jack AE6GC, K3 1433, KX1 1403 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
