[Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu
Good Morning, Just finish my K2 serial 7179 a week ago, I run thru the menus and I was learnig how to use it in the best way, and now I do not undurstand the Keying Weight (DOT) menu. Shouldn't it be in a 1:1 default setting? I am used to a 1:1 ratio, for that the menu is 1.00 setting? Right? Does anybody knows why the default setting is 1.10? Thank you in advance. 73 Pedro CT2GET __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu
Many of the K2 settings are somewhat relative, depending ultimately on your actual component values, which are not exact, but within a manufacturing tolerance. Listen to your transmitted dots on a separate RX and see if they SOUND equal. Adjust the number if you think dots are too long or too short. If it SOUNDS equal, leave it alone. 73, Guy. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Pedro Correia pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Morning, Just finish my K2 serial 7179 a week ago, I run thru the menus and I was learnig how to use it in the best way, and now I do not undurstand the Keying Weight (DOT) menu. Shouldn't it be in a 1:1 default setting? I am used to a 1:1 ratio, for that the menu is 1.00 setting? Right? Does anybody knows why the default setting is 1.10? Thank you in advance. 73 Pedro CT2GET __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu
Thank you for your rapid reply. I am not very good at morse code, just learn it. The audio morse tone locks good as the morse does. I will try to see it im my osciloscope, dot one square, dash three squares... at least this way I am able to see exactly what the menu is changing, afther all I don´t think it will need adjustment. 73 Pedro CT2GET Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:31:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu From: olin...@bellsouth.net To: pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Many of the K2 settings are somewhat relative, depending ultimately on your actual component values, which are not exact, but within a manufacturing tolerance. Listen to your transmitted dots on a separate RX and see if they SOUND equal. Adjust the number if you think dots are too long or too short. If it SOUNDS equal, leave it alone. 73, Guy. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Pedro Correia pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Morning, Just finish my K2 serial 7179 a week ago, I run thru the menus and I was learnig how to use it in the best way, and now I do not undurstand the Keying Weight (DOT) menu. Shouldn't it be in a 1:1 default setting? I am used to a 1:1 ratio, for that the menu is 1.00 setting? Right? Does anybody knows why the default setting is 1.10? Thank you in advance. 73 Pedro CT2GET __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu
Trust your ears. If it sounds good, it is good. Other people are copying with their ears too. They are not using an oscilloscope to copy. 73 GL, Guy On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pedro Correia pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you for your rapid reply. I am not very good at morse code, just learn it. The audio morse tone locks good as the morse does. I will try to see it im my osciloscope, dot one square, dash three squares... at least this way I am able to see exactly what the menu is changing, afther all I don´t think it will need adjustment. 73 Pedro CT2GET Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:31:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Keying Weight (DOT) menu From: olin...@bellsouth.net To: pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Many of the K2 settings are somewhat relative, depending ultimately on your actual component values, which are not exact, but within a manufacturing tolerance. Listen to your transmitted dots on a separate RX and see if they SOUND equal. Adjust the number if you think dots are too long or too short. If it SOUNDS equal, leave it alone. 73, Guy. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Pedro Correia pedrocorreia1...@hotmail.com wrote: Good Morning, Just finish my K2 serial 7179 a week ago, I run thru the menus and I was learnig how to use it in the best way, and now I do not undurstand the Keying Weight (DOT) menu. Shouldn't it be in a 1:1 default setting? I am used to a 1:1 ratio, for that the menu is 1.00 setting? Right? Does anybody knows why the default setting is 1.10? Thank you in advance. 73 Pedro CT2GET __ 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
