I have to say I'm hoping that by the time it matters to me, Elecraft
will have implemented Ultimatic, otherwise I can see myself buying a
WKUSB or K12-EXT and fitting it into the K3 somewhere.
I realise that your're busy Wayne and this is probably quite a way
down on your list, but please consider implementing Ultimatic, perhaps
in place of Iambic if you have space issues and can give people the
choice at f/w upgrade time?
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 6 Sep 2008, at 14:33, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Doug,
All is well that Iambic B meets your needs, but it is not for
everyone, even though we may be the minority. I need either a
single lever paddle with an Iambic only keyer or Ultimatic mode and
a dual lever paddle to send decent CW.
The problem with dual paddles is that I squeeze too often and end up
generating garbage. And that nasty Iambic B mode sends out the
'extraneous' extra element at the end!
Ultimatic mode makes sense to my mind - I close the dash paddle and
out comes dashes, close the dot paddle and out comes dots. The last
paddle activated gets priority. It allows the insertion of one or
more dots (dashes) in a string of dashes (dots) as well. It makes
sense to my mind - the paddle that I close last is what is produced.
I know there are not many users of this mode today, mainly because
the popularity and convenience of the Curtis keyer chip and a few
others encouraged the world to Iambic long ago. Ultimatic was the
original keyer mode and was the main thing available back in the
'50s and '60s. It is just more natural to me than those alternating
dots and dashes.
Those who must do 'slap' keying or must use a single lever paddle
with an Iambic keyer might want to try Ultimatic mode - it is
available in some of the K1EL keyers (the K12 is one) as well as
several others (but no internal keyers that I am aware of).
Ultimatic users 'stand up' and request that it be added to the K3
internal keyer! Wayne did give a strong 'maybe' when I asked.
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